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"Time is up" to regulate AI, UN advisor says

The international body considers AI a potential boon… and possibly as devastating as nuclear weapons.

The UN's report suggests that, if extreme risk arose with the development of AI, the tech could be treated along the lines of a biological weapon or even nuclear energy — science that has been limited and regulated by participating member nations for the greater good of humanity. Could it be, then, that AI's existence as a broad, cross-sector tech — one that countries are eagerly seeking and which isn't, on the surface, pegged to historically contentious issues — offers the first opportunity for unilateral agreement? They require buy-in from international powers at large, those who will agree to things like a shared data trust, a global AI investment fund, or a "development network" to convene experts and resources.

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