UN Human Rights Chief Says a ‘Handful of Men’ Have ‘Almost Unlimited Power’ Over AI
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When the UN human rights chief frames advanced AI as both an existential risk and concentrated in a “handful of men,” AI governance risk just moved from think-tank debate into mainstream political scrutiny. If you’re building or deploying advanced models, assume more formal oversight, disclosure, and liability expectations are coming and start documenting your governance story now.
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