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UN rights chief warns over generative AI
UN rights chief Volker Turk warns unchecked generative AI risks privacy, political participation, and free expression without proper safeguards from governments and tech firms.
- On Monday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk warned generative AI could become `a modern-day Frankenstein's monster`, threatening privacy, political participation and free expression.
- Powerful tech giants are unleashing generative AI globally, and Turk said this rapid rollout raises immediate pressure on existing rights protections.
- Turk said generative AI carries `tremendous promise` but warned exploitation for political or economic benefit can manipulate, distort and distract; the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights office cautioned today's threats "could materialize into harms."
- Calling for safeguards, Turk urged coordinated government action, stating `Governments have a responsibility to come together to prevent such an outcome` at the UN business and human rights forum.
- Long-Term, Turk said concentrated wealth and AI's scale pose geopolitical threats, warning AI's power "exceeds the economies of entire countries" and highlighting corporate power and wealth accumulation risks.
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