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- UPDATE: UN panel urges AI safeguards before risks are fully understood
A UN scientific panel urged governments to strengthen safeguards for advanced AI agents.- The report targets governments and international policymakers overseeing increasingly capable AI agents.
- The UN’s Independent International Scientific Panel on AI issued its first thematic brief, calling for more resources, international coordination, safety, and accountability.
- The panel says the precautionary principle supports safeguards before loss-of-control risks are fully understood because potential harms could be catastrophic or irreversible.
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