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Türk open letter to European Union highlights issues with AI Act
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Mesdames, Sirs, I wish to refer to the discussions on the proposed adoption of a European Union Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act). I commend the European Union’s ambition with this proposal, which...
Hundreds of thousands trafficked to work as online scammers in SE Asia, says UN report
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GENEVA (29 August 2023) – Hundreds of thousands of people are being forcibly engaged by organised criminal gangs into online criminality in Southeast Asia - from romance-investment scams and crypto...
Digital, media and information literacy are key to freedoms
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Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, We live in a world characterised by digitalisation and rapid technological advancement, with the online space playing a central role in all matters...
Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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As the world marks 75 years of Universal Declaration of Human Rights, milestones in technology and impact of #Artificial intelligence discussions are rife. During the Vienna World Conference on Human...
New and emerging technologies need urgent oversight and robust transparency: UN experts
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GENEVA (2 June 2023) – UN experts* today called for greater transparency, oversight, and regulation to address the negative impacts of new and emerging digital tools and online spaces on human rights...
China: “Vocational training” programmes threaten Tibetan identity, carry risk of forced labour, say UN experts
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GENEVA (27 April 2023) – UN experts* today expressed concern over allegations that so-called “labour transfer” and “vocational training” programmes in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China are being...
Artificial Intelligence and the Sustainable Development Goals
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Propelled by the common goal to make human rights more accessible, an innovative partnership is ensuring human rights guidance is incorporated into the Sustainable Development Goals. How? It’s all thanks to a machine learning algorithm.
Humanity should get the best from AI, not the worst - UN disability rights expert
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The Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Gerard Quinn, says that, although artificial intelligence can be of great benefit to people with disabilities, it also has well-known discriminatory impacts.
Human Rights Council Discusses Artificial Intelligence in the Context of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Importance of Farmers’ Seed Systems to Ensure Food Systems that were Biodiverse, Resilient and Just
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MORNING The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with Gerard Quinn, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, on artificial intelligence in the...