UN calls for ‘urgent action’ to rein in AI in face of ‘unprecedented risks’
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September 14, 2026
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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The United Nations (UN) rights chief called Monday for countries and “frontier” artificial intelligence companies to act urgently to rein in a technology he warned posed “unprecedented risks”.
In a letter sent to countries and AI developers and shared with the media, Volker Turk cautioned that the world was “on the cusp of irreversible change, affecting not just us but generations of humanity to come”.
“The current race towards ever more powerful AI is a step change towards greater existential risks to every aspect of our lives.”
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