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UN Releases First Scientific Report on Artificial Intelligence

17 July 2026National

The United Nations released the Preliminary Report of the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI — the first UN-commissioned scientific assessment of AI. It warns that AI development is outpacing global governance and urges governments to strengthen regulatory frameworks. The report was prepared by a 40-member panel of scientists from all five UN regions, co-chaired by Turing Award laureate Yoshua Bengio and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa. It highlights a global AI imbalance: the USA holds 75% of global compute capacity and 59 AI models, China 15% and 35 models, while the rest of the world has just 10% and 13 models.

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Yoshua Bengio is a Turing Award laureate | Maria Ressa won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize | UN Secretary-General: Antonio Guterres

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The UN released its first scientific report on AI, co-chaired by Yoshua Bengio and Maria Ressa, warning that AI is outpacing global governance.

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