2024-03-27 14:15:35
The European Union is no longer the only international organization wanting to regulate AI, the UN joined it by adopting a draft resolution on this subject on March 21.
Why is this resolution historic?
The UN presents this initiative as a historic initiative because these are the first international standards adopted in the field of AI. It is also the first time that all 193 member states have agreed on the need to regulate AI.
The resolution was introduced by the Ambassador Permanent Representative of the United States and was supported by 124 other member states. The provision was also supported by Russia.
The goal of this resolution is to support “safe, secure and trustworthy” and environmentally friendly AI systems.
Why is it necessary to regulate AI?
The UN is focusing on 13 points to ensure the development of responsible AI. One of the main objectives of this resolution is to reduce the digital divide between developed and developing countries, but also within countries because some populations are more connected than others. This resolution is of course non-binding, the idea being to allow States to legislate in harmony with the development of this new technology.
Uncontrolled development of AI certainly reinforces inequalities between connected populations and connected populations, but also creates numerous socio-political issues. Indeed, who says AI also says deepfakes. Who says deepfakes says alteration of the political debate. Many politicians have been victims of deepfakes making them make comments that were not their own, such as Joe Biden in the United States and Marine Le Pen in France. This resolution comes at the right time, because the year 2024 is an electoral year, many elections will be held around the world, there will be at least 76 national (legislative/presidential), regional (European Union) and municipal elections. It is therefore necessary for the integrity of the political debate to regulate AI.
Finally, the United Nations also called on member states to “refrain or cease using artificial intelligence systems that are impossible to operate in accordance with international human rights law or that pose undue risks to the enjoyment of human rights “. The idea is to guarantee the same rights online and offline in order to improve AI governance.
Even though the resolution is not binding, many states were already considering adopting binding domestic measures on AI. Furthermore, certain digital giants (Meta, Google, Microsoft) have joined the opinion of member states on the merits of this resolution.
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