The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held its first meeting on Tuesday on the threat posed by artificial intelligence to international peace and stability. According to foreign media reports, at the meeting, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for the creation of a new international body to help regulate the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

He said technology increasingly reveals its potential risks and benefits and the UN has an opportunity to set globally agreed rules for monitoring and regulation. Guterres further said that the United Nations should reach a legally binding agreement to ban the use of AI in automatic weapons of war by 2026.

Today I urged the Security Council to approach Artificial Intelligence with a sense of urgency, a global outlook and a learning mindset, Guterres said in a tweet. We should work together towards common measures for transparency, accountability and oversight of AI systems

According to foreign media, Russia deviated from the majority view of the UNSC, expressing doubt that there is enough information about the risks of AI, highlighting it as a source of threats to global instability. In contrast, the Chinese government argued that UN regulations should reflect the views of developing countries as they aimed to prevent technology from becoming a "runaway horse".

According to media reports, Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jun said that international laws and norms regarding AI should be flexible to allow countries the freedom to set their own national-level rules. He also criticized "developed countries" without naming them for trying to gain dominance in AI. The media quoted Zhang as saying that some developed countries are trying to form their own exclusive little club to achieve technological hegemony and maliciously hinder the technological development of other countries and artificially create technological barriers . China firmly opposes these behaviours, he said.

Media reports said an official representing the US at the meeting did not directly address the Chinese government's allegations, but made a possible oblique reference to China's use of technology to monitor ethnic minorities. No member state should use AI to control, restrict, suppress or undermine people.

The meeting was led by UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly. They called for the international governance of AI to be bound by principles that uphold freedom and democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law, security, including physical security as well as protection of property rights and privacy, and credibility Did. "We are gathered here today because AI will impact the work of this council," Cleverly said.

The media quoted Cleverly as saying that it could enhance or hinder global strategic stability. It challenges our basic assumptions about defense and deterrence. This raises ethical questions about the accountability of lethal decisions on the battlefield… AI can aid in the reckless pursuit of weapons of mass destruction by the adoptive state and non-state actors. But it can also help us prevent the spread of arms.

According to media reports, the UN Secretary-General also stressed the need for a UN watchdog body as a governing body to regulate, monitor and enforce AI rules, the way other agencies do in aviation, climate and nuclear energy. takes care of. The proposed agency would be comprised of experts in the field who would share their expertise with governments and administrative agencies that may lack the technical know-how to deal with AI threats.

However, the prospect of a legally binding proposal on how to control it is still far away. But most diplomats supported the notion of a global governance system and international rules.