UN says AI safeguards can’t wait for certainty

A United Nations scientific panel has warned that governments must rein in increasingly capable AI agents before their risks are fully understood. This warning comes in the UN's first major assessment of OpenAI's hack of Hugging Face earlier this year. The report arrives as leaders gather in New York for the UN General Assembly, while the US and China engage in talks about AI. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged governments to cooperate in addressing the threats posed by AI, stating that "the world cannot afford a race to the bottom on AI safety."