Artificial Intelligence (A.I.)
Discover our section on artificial intelligence (AI) and the UN’s role in its development, governance, and the impact AI has on our daily lives, from assistive technologies to elections. Explore key documents, resources, and topics.
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Datacentres threaten electricity system resilience, warns UNECE, calling for strategic policy integration
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, WHO forum urges
Governance readiness, not speed of deployment, should be the measure of responsible progress on artificial intelligence (AI) in health systems, according to a new...
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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...
UN warns of growing risks facing children and youth...
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,...
Govern AI in health before the gaps become irreversible
Statement by WHO Regional Director for Europe, Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge
Lisbon, 15 July 2026
Good day to you all.
Let me begin by thanking the Minister of...
AI helping UN detect methane emissions
Nairobi, 15 July 2026 - Artificial Intelligence (AI) is helping turn satellite observations into methane mitigation action in the oil and gas sector. These mitigation efforts...
From AI to ‘killer robots’: UN chief issues urgent...
By Daniel Johnson, Geneva
UN chief António Guterres appealed on Monday for far-reaching, worldwide controls on Artificial Intelligence, as increasingly powerful AI chips that are designed for civilian...
AI explained: Why the world needs to act now
Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving faster than governments can keep up.
Just a few years ago, it could answer questions or generate text. Today, it...
AI is already rewriting reality for billions of people....
A study of 133 AI systems found that 44 per cent demonstrated gender bias and 26 per cent demonstrated both gender and racial bias. Yet...
UN Scientists: AI Is Threatening Natural Resources for Billions
By 2030, AI's water use will match the needs of 1.3 billion people while its power use triples that of 650 million, UN University...
Artificial intelligence: What are deepfakes?
Artificial intelligence is transforming societies at an unprecedented speed, bringing both new opportunities and new risks. Among the most concerning developments is the rise of deepfake technology; highly...