"Humans at Risk of Being Dominated by AI"... 20 Countries Declare Control, U.S. and China Absent

[Financial News] A declaration arguing that human direction, supervision, and control over artificial intelligence (AI) must be maintained and proposing the establishment of a global supervisory system for this purpose was adopted on the 21st (local time), led by Finland and Norway.
According to the U.S. political news outlet Politico, the declaration was drafted in the context of the high-level session of the 81st United Nations General Assembly held in New York and adopted ahead of the summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House.
Those who signed the declaration include leaders from approximately 20 countries, such as Finland, Norway, Germany, Canada, Australia, Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, and Kenya, as well as European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Although the United States and China are the countries with the most active AI research and development in the world, they did not participate in the adoption of this declaration.
The statement warned that "AI has the potential to improve lives, advance science, and strengthen the economy," and that "the rapid development of advanced AI models poses serious risks to safety and security if not properly managed." It also cited recent cyberattacks by out-of-control AI agents targeting the Hugging Face platform and urged a response to these risks.
Regarding AI companies, it was argued that "they must establish transparent safety protocols, including mandatory pre-deployment testing and independent evaluations, and grant sufficient access to risk assessment qualified evaluators."
However, the declaration did not call for slowing down or halting AI development. It suggests that the focus should be on risk management rather than stopping development itself.
Finnish President Alexander Stubb, who played a leading role in drafting the declaration, said in an interview with Politico, "I want to create momentum to draw in more actors." He added, "I think it would be in the interest of both China and the United States to have safeguards in some form. Our message is that 'human intervention is necessary, and humans must take the lead.'"
President Stubb also stated, "Personally, I prefer the idea of ​​creating a new organization similar to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) within the UN framework." However, seemingly keeping in mind President Trump, who is skeptical of the UN, he added, "We must keep options open so that people do not reject it simply because it is within the UN framework."
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, who spearheaded the push for the declaration alongside President Stubb, participated in a video interview and said, "It would be very encouraging if the Group of Seven (G7) and the Group of Twenty (G20), which the UK will take on as its future chair, took charge of this issue." He added, "The UN is large in scale, but the G7 and G20 are more focused."
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