UN council to hold first meeting on potential threats of artificial intelligence to global peace

The U.N. Security Council will hold a first-ever meeting on the potential threats of artificial intelligence to international peace and security organized by the United Kingdom. It sees tremendous potential but also major risks about AI’s possible use in autonomous weapons or in control of nuclear weapons. UK Ambassador Barbara Woodward on Monday announced the July 18 meeting as the centerpiece of its council presidency this month. It will include briefings by international AI experts and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who last month called the alarm bells over the most advanced form of AI “deafening,” and loudest from its developers. Woodward said the meeting will start a discussion on AI implications which will be followed by a UK-hosted summit later this year.