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Official UN document from the AI Advisory Body established by the Secretary-General in 2023; represents the multilateral community's early thinking on global AI governance architecture and is relevant to international AI safety coordination efforts.

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Summary

This interim report from the UN Secretary-General's AI Advisory Body examines the governance challenges posed by advanced AI systems and proposes frameworks for international cooperation. It analyzes risks and opportunities of AI at the global level, with particular focus on ensuring AI development benefits all nations including the Global South. The report lays groundwork for recommendations on international AI governance architecture.

Key Points

•Identifies key governance gaps in current AI oversight, including lack of international coordination mechanisms and asymmetric access to AI capabilities
•Proposes options for international AI governance institutions, potentially including a new UN-affiliated body to coordinate global AI policy
•Emphasizes the need for inclusive governance that ensures developing nations have a voice in shaping AI norms and standards
•Highlights risks of AI concentration among a small number of powerful actors and the need for compute and data equity
•Calls for enhanced scientific assessment of AI risks comparable to IPCC-style panels for climate change

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Interim Report:
Governing AI for Humanity
December 2023
www.un.org/en/ai-advisory-body
Introduction 2
The Global Governance Deficit 5
Opportunities and Enablers 6
Key enablers for harnessing AI for humanity 7
Governance as a key enabler 8
Risks and Challenges 9
Risks of AI 9
Challenges to be addressed 12
International Governance of AI 13
The AI governance landscape 13
Toward principles and functions of international AI governance 14
Preliminary Recommendations 15
A. Guiding Principles 15
Guiding Principle 1. AI should be governed inclusively, by and for the benefit of all 15
Guiding Principle 2. AI must be governed in the public interest 15
Guiding Principle 3. AI governance should be built in step with data governance and the
promotion of data commons 16
Guiding Principle 4. AI governance must be universal, networked and rooted in adaptive
multi-stakeholder collaboration 16
Guiding Principle 5. AI governance should be anchored in the UN Charter, International
Human Rights Law, and other agreed international commitments such as the Sustainable
Development Goals 17
B. Institutional Functions 17
Institutional Function 1: Assess regularly the future directions and implications of AI 18
Institutional Function 2: Reinforce interoperability of governance efforts emerging around
the world and their grounding in international norms through a Global AI Governance
Framework endorsed in a universal setting (UN) 18

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Institutional Function 3: Develop and harmonize standards, safety, and risk management
frameworks 19
Institutional Function 4: Facilitate development, deployment, and use of AI for economic
and societal benefit through international multi-stakeholder cooperation 19
Institutional Function 5: Promote international collaboration on talent development, access
to compute infrastructure, building of diverse high-quality datasets, responsible sharing of
open-source models, and AI-enabled public goods for the SDGs 20
Institutional Function 6: Monitor risks, report incidents, coordinate emergency response 20
Institutional Function 7: Compliance and accountability based on norms 21
Conclusion 23
Next Steps 24
Annexes 27
About the High-Level Advisory Body on AI 27
Members of the High-Level Advisory Body on AI 27
Terms of Reference for the High-level Advisory Body on AI 28
Working Groups and Cross-Cutting Themes 29
List of Abbreviations 30
Introduction
1. Artificial intelligence1 (AI) increasingly affects us all. Though AI has been around for
years, capabilities once hardly imaginable have been emerging at a rapid, unprecedented
pace. AI offers extraordinary potential for good — from scientific discoveries that
expand the bounds of human knowledge to tools that optimize finite resources and
assist us in everyday tasks. It could be a game changer in the transition to a greener
future, or help developing countries transform public health and leapfrog challenges of
last mile access in education. Developed countries with ageing populations cou

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