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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Sanya Mansoor

Rapid spread of AI may worsen global inequality, UN warns

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The UN panel said its approach to AI was ‘scientific, not political’. Photograph: VIEW press/Corbis/Getty Images

A new United Nations report warns that the development of artificial intelligence may exacerbate global inequality and proposes a shared framework for how to responsibly develop AI, as adoption and investment into the technology accelerates unevenly across the world.

“The more AI advances without shared rules, the less say governments and people will have in the outcome,” said António Guterres, the UN secretary general, at a press conference on Wednesday. “Our message to governments is simple: do not wait … the science is here. We can no longer say we did not know what we do.”

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