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· today in ai · 2026-07-03
UN AI panel issues first global assessment
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The UN's Independent International Scientific Panel on AI issued its preliminary report July 1: capability is outpacing regulation and understanding.
Co-chairs Yoshua Bengio and Maria Ressa briefed reporters July 1 on the panel’s preliminary report, the UN’s first independent scientific AI assessment. Its three defining trends: accelerating capability, increasing concentration of power, and declining human control. Ressa’s summary: “The pace is not slowing; the power is concentrating; and control is not guaranteed.”
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- 01Preliminary Report | Independent International Scientific Panel on AIun.org · primary
- 02'The science is here': UN chief welcomes first global AI assessmentnews.un.org · primary (briefing)
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