Speaker urges operationalizing AI panel and a global fund for AI capacity; announces UNIT initiative for UN reform
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In an address to the Group of 77 in China, an unidentified speaker said the independent scientific panel on AI is being operationalized, proposed a global fund for AI capacity building for countries lacking AI capacity, and introduced the UNIT initiative for UN system reform.
Unidentified Speaker told the Group of 77 in China that the Global Digital Compact must move from agreement to action and that the UN is operationalizing an independent scientific panel on artificial intelligence.
"That is why we are swiftly operationalizing the independent scientific panel on AI so science can guide policy and facts cannot place fear," the speaker said, adding that the panel will represent all regions and multiple disciplines and will issue a first report ahead of a global dialogue in July.
The address also said over 80 countries lack basic capacity to design, build and deploy AI systems and proposed "the establishment of a global fund for AI capacity development to ensure every country can benefit from AI and help shape its guardrails." The speaker welcomed Group of 77 members bringing research centers into a global network for AI capacity exchange.
Separately, the speaker presented the UNIT initiative as a UN-system reform effort intended to make the organization "more agile where we must be and stronger where people need us most," noting the initiative will proceed with transparency and partnership with member states.