UN releases first scientific report on Artificial Intelligence

18 July 2026National

The UN released the Preliminary Report of the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI — the first UN-commissioned scientific assessment of AI. Prepared by a 40-member panel of experts from all five UN regions, it is co-chaired by Turing Award laureate Yoshua Bengio and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa. The report warns that AI development is outpacing global governance and urges stronger regulatory frameworks. It flags a global AI imbalance: the USA leads with 75% of global compute and 59 AI models, China with 15% compute and 35 models, and the rest of the world just 10% compute and 13 models.

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UN HQ: New York | UN Secretary-General: Antonio Guterres | Yoshua Bengio is a "godfather of AI" | Maria Ressa (Philippines) won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize

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The UN released its first scientific report on AI by a 40-member panel (co-chairs Yoshua Bengio & Maria Ressa), warning that AI is outpacing global governance.

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