United Nations Secretary-General Guterres: The pace of AI development has exceeded our ability to keep up; global rules must catch up as soon as possible

Odaily reported on July 6th that United Nations Secretary-General Guterres stated on Monday at the first government-level AI global dialogue in Geneva that the speed of AI development has surpassed everyone's ability to keep up, calling for the formulation of unified global rules to mitigate potential risks, especially those to children.

Guterres noted that this technology can reshape economies, transform workplace dynamics, influence election outcomes, and shift the balance of security, yet its deployment speed has exceeded the ability of anyone, including its developers, to keep pace. Guterres emphasized that innovation requires "guardrails," and for AI to play a powerful role, it must be effectively governed.