Foreign Minister Wadephul calls for UN guidelines for safe AI development

Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has called on the United Nations to create guidelines for the safe and positive development of artificial intelligence (AI). »AI is not waiting for our institutions to catch up. Our institutions must catch up with AI,” said the Foreign Minister before the UN General Assembly in New York. »It is our shared responsibility to ensure that this technology serves human dignity.«

This is particularly urgent because these technologies are already changing the foundations of societies. It must be ensured that technological progress is guided by a framework "that we all help shape," said Wadephul, who spoke on behalf of Germany to the international community on behalf of Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

In addition to artificial intelligence, the situation in Ukraine also played a role in Wadephul's speech. He called on UN member states to persuade Russia to negotiate an end to the war. "The day negotiations begin will be a good day for the United Nations," Wadephul said.

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