UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance

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India is participating in the inaugural United Nations Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva, Switzerland.

• It covers 4 clusters of issues related to artificial intelligence.
• These clusters are
  • AI’s social and economic implications,
  • Bridging the global AI divide,
  • Promoting safe and trustworthy AI, and
  • Safeguarding human rights in the context of AI.
• A second session of this will follow in New York in May 2027
• The Global Dialogue on AI Governance is a universal, multi-stakeholder UN forum established under General Assembly Resolution 79/325.
• It is the first universal, multi-stakeholder forum on AI governance under the United Nations system.
• It is following the Global Digital Compact adopted as part of the Pact of the Future in September 2024.
• It will receive the annual report of the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI (IISPA).
• IISPA provides first independent scientific assessment of the capabilities, emerging opportunities and risks of AI.

Reference

Business Standard | UN Global Dialogue