UNESCO Artificial Intelligence Ethics

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UNESCO's AI Ethics page is a key intergovernmental reference for global AI governance; relevant for policy-focused AI safety researchers tracking international normative frameworks and multilateral coordination efforts.

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UNESCO's official hub for AI ethics initiatives, centered on the 2021 Recommendation on the Ethics of AI — the first global normative framework on AI ethics adopted by 193 member states. It covers policy development, capacity building, and monitoring of ethical AI deployment across member nations, emphasizing human rights, transparency, and sustainable development.

Key Points

•Houses the UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of AI (2021), the first global intergovernmental framework on AI ethics adopted by 193 countries.
•Promotes core principles including human dignity, transparency, accountability, fairness, and environmental sustainability in AI development.
•Provides tools like the Readiness Assessment Methodology (RAM) to help countries evaluate their preparedness for ethical AI governance.
•Addresses AI risks including bias, surveillance, manipulation, and threats to privacy and democratic institutions.
•Supports capacity building in underrepresented regions to ensure equitable global participation in AI governance.

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# Artificial Intelligence and emerging technologies

UNESCO is committed to a future where AI and emerging technologies work for the people

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Since its founding at the dawn of the atomic age, UNESCO has helped societies navigate and manage the transformative power of technology – to the benefit of all.

Today, in an era shaped by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and related breakthrough innovations, UNESCO continues the critical work of ensuring these emerging technologies are developed and deployed in service of equity, opportunity, and inclusivity.

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## Our impact

How UNESCO is shaping an ethical digital future.

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We are helping the world prepare for the quantum revolution, wherein quantum mechanics helps solve problems too complex for today’s computers, in areas like medicine, encryption, and materials science.](https://www.unesco.org/en/years/quantum-science-technology?hub=195885 "Quantum computing")

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Digital transformation\\
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We promote a human-centered digital transformation, wherein AI, data, and open solutions build capacity, foster inclusion, protect diversity, and drive sustainable, rights-based innovation.](https://secure.sbs.ox.ac.uk/corporate/landingPage.do?method=load&corporateGroupId=2294264 "Digital transformation")

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Neurotechnology\\
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We are developing ethical frameworks to ensure these technologies fulfill their promise in health while upholding equity, mental privacy, freedom of thought, and protection of the most vulnerable.](https://www.unesco.org/en/ethics-neurotech?hub=195885 "Neurotechnology")

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We leverage AI to advance innovative, science-based so

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