Call for papers: Advancing research on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

UNESCO and the AI and Society Institute at École normale supérieure (ENS-PSL), Paris, launch a call for papers inviting recent PhD graduates (within five...

IOM Launches Crossroads Award to Recognize Those Transforming Lives, Nominations Now...

Celebrating those transforming the lives of migrants, displaced people and their host communities To mark its 75th anniversary, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) presents...

“Less noise, more knowledge”: Artificial intelligence and the future of information...

New technologies, especially artificial intelligence (AI), are transforming information ecosystems worldwide, reshaping how information is produced, accessed and shared. However, these rapid technological developments...

Türk at UNGA: Children’s rights apply to AI, as they apply...

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk At Event during the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, New York   Today’s children are the first...

AI is advancing fast. Women are being left behind in the...

Men hold nearly 8 in 10 artificial intelligence jobs and almost 9 in 10 senior leadership positions shaping the technology, according to a new...

UN panel calls for stronger safeguards as AI agents advance

The world's first scientific body on Artificial Intelligence called on Monday for AI safeguards to be adapted as current firewalls are “unravelling”.  The UN-backed Independent International Scientific...

Who Gets to Shape AI’s Future?

Joint UNESCO-ITU Statement: Trust in artificial intelligence will depend on whether countries and communities can have a meaningful say in its development and use,...

Who should set the rules for AI? The UN is pushing...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing rapidly, raising questions about how societies and governments can capture its benefits while managing risks that often extend beyond...

Türk calls for urgent, meaningful action to tackle unprecedented AI risks

(Geneva) UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Monday called on States and the world’s ‘frontier’ artificial intelligence companies to act urgently to ensure...

Datacentres threaten electricity system resilience, warns UNECE, calling for strategic policy...

The rapid expansion of data-intensive technologies such as hyperscale data centres, particularly artificial intelligence (AI) data centres, has significant implications for energy system reliability...

Progress on AI in health should be determined by strength of...

Governance readiness, not speed of deployment, should be the measure of responsible progress on artificial intelligence (AI) in health systems, according to a new...

AI is changing the policy cycle. Are policymakers ready?

AI in policymaking: understanding its role across the policy cycle and how it can support better, more informed public policy. Artificial intelligence has become part...

OHCHR: Joy as resistance

A new five-part podcast explores how young educators are bringing human rights education to life through community, solidarity, hope and joy.
WHO podcast: Health in Europe

WHO: I believe you – a three-part mini-series

What role do health systems play in protecting women and girls from violence? That’s the overarching question at the heart of a new mini-series...

UN warns of growing risks facing children and youth in digital...

Children and youth often bear the brunt of risks in today's information ecosystem and will be most directly affected by the technologies reshaping them,...