U.N. urges AI cooperation as 118 countries absent from global talks

No formal international agency needed at this point, report says

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No global framework exists to govern AI and the United Nations should lay the foundations of the first 'globally inclusive' AI governance framework, a U.N. panel says in a report. © AP

YIFAN YU, Nikkei staff writer

NEW YORK -- The United Nations is calling for an international scientific panel on artificial intelligence and twice-yearly intergovernmental AI talks to lay the groundwork for an inclusive global governance framework.

The recommendation is part of a report that found over a hundred countries absent from the current discussions.

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