UN High-level Advisory Body on AI: Governing AI for Humanity (Final Report)

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The UN Secretary-General's High-level Advisory Body on AI released 'Governing AI for Humanity' in September 2024, proposing a globally inclusive and distributed architecture for AI governance. The report includes seven recommendations to address gaps in current AI governance, calls for international cooperation on AI risks and opportunities, and is based on extensive global consultations involving over 2,000 participants across all regions.

Key Points

•Proposes the first globally inclusive, distributed architecture for AI governance based on international cooperation among all UN member states.
•Offers seven specific recommendations to address gaps in existing AI governance arrangements, balancing development with human rights protection.
•Based on extensive consultations: 18 expert deep-dives, 50+ regional sessions, 250+ written submissions from 150+ organizations.
•Commissioned the most comprehensive global horizon scanning exercise on AI risks to date (AI Risk Global Pulse Check).
•Calls for light institutional mechanisms that are agile and adaptive to keep pace with rapidly evolving AI capabilities.

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## AI - image Index

## Final Report - Governing AI for Humanity

## United Nations Secretary-General’s video message for launch of the Final Report of the High-level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence:

## [United Nations Secretary-General's video message for the online launch of the Final Report of the High-level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence](https://www.un.org/en/file/197734)

## [Governing AI for Humanity - Final Report](https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/governing_ai_for_humanity_final_report_en.pdf)

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The United Nations Secretary-General’s [High-level Advisory Body on AI](https://www.un.org/en/ai-advisory-body/about)’s Final Report, “Governing AI for Humanity,” was released in September 2024 andbuilds on months of work, including extensive global consultations, and the publication of an [interim report](https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/un_ai_advisory_body_governing_ai_for_humanity_interim_report.pdf) in December 2023. 

## Proposals for Global Governance on AI

## [Governing AI for Humanity](https://www.un.org/en/file/198982)

This report outlines a blueprint for addressing AI-related risks and sharing its transformative potential globally, including by:

- Urging the UN to lay the foundations of the first globally inclusive and distributed architecture for AI governance based on international cooperation;
- Proposing seven recommendations to address gaps in current AI governance arrangements;
- Calling on all governments and stakeholders to work together in governing AI to foster development and protection of all human rights.

This includes light institutional mechanisms to complement existing efforts and foster inclusive global AI governance arrangements that are agile, adaptive and effective to keep pace with AI’s evolution.

## Extensive Global Consultations

The report is the product of extensive consultations, involving more than 2,000 participants across all regions of the world, including via:

- 18 deep-dive discussions on key issues with top experts
- More than 50 consultation sessions across all regions
- More than 250 written submissions from over 150 organizations and 100 individuals

The Advisory Body also commissioned an AI Risk Global Pulse Check – the most comprehensive global horizon scanning exercise on AI risks to date – and an 

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