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António Guterres, Secretary‑General of the United Nations, urged the establishment of governance mechanisms for artificial intelligence (AI) before the technology escapes human control. In a video message delivered at the opening of the ninth Paris Peace Forum, he warned that children are being used as “guinea pigs” for unregulated technologies. “We must govern artificial intelligence before it governs us,” Guterres said. He highlighted that children bear the deepest wounds of global divisions, being killed by bombs, starved, displaced, denied education, and exposed to technology without safeguards. “Children should not pay the price of our renunciations,” he added. The Secretary‑General called for stronger international cooperation, noting that no single country can confront contemporary threats alone. He advocated for a multipolar world order grounded in international law rather than fragmentation or the “law of the strongest.” Guterres also urged the silencing of weapons, protection of civilians, reform of the United Nations Security Council and the global financial architecture, and an accelerated, just transition away from fossil fuels. He concluded that “cooperation is the highest expression of sovereignty.” The forum, held at the Palais de Chaillot near the Eiffel Tower, ran until Wednesday. More than 50 countries—including Spain, Mexico, Brazil, Costa Rica and Honduras—along with five international organisations and roughly twenty non‑governmental, philanthropic and corporate entities, signed the “Children First” declaration. The signatories, excluding the United States, pledged to place children’s rights and wellbeing at the centre of their policies, including protection from AI. They agreed to focus on five priority areas—health, nutrition, education, protection and psychological wellbeing in the digital age—with the aim of achieving measurable outcomes by 2045. Article source: El Nuevo Diario | Image credit: El Nuevo Diario
António Guterres, Secretary‑General of the United Nations, urged the establishment of governance mechanisms for artificial intelligence (AI) before the technology escapes human control. In a video message delivered at the opening of the ninth Paris Peace Forum, he warned that children are being used as “guinea pigs” for unregulated technologies. “We must govern artificial intelligence before it governs us,” Guterres said. He highlighted that children bear the deepest wounds of global divisions, being killed by bombs, starved, displaced, denied education, and exposed to technology without safeguards. “Children should not pay the price of our renunciations,” he added. The Secretary‑General called for stronger international cooperation, noting that no single country can confront contemporary threats alone. He advocated for a multipolar world order grounded in international law rather than fragmentation or the “law of the strongest.” Guterres also urged the silencing of weapons, protection of civilians, reform of the United Nations Security Council and the global financial architecture, and an accelerated, just transition away from fossil fuels. He concluded that “cooperation is the highest expression of sovereignty.” The forum, held at the Palais de Chaillot near the Eiffel Tower, ran until Wednesday. More than 50 countries—including Spain, Mexico, Brazil, Costa Rica and Honduras—along with five international organisations and roughly twenty non‑governmental, philanthropic and corporate entities, signed the “Children First” declaration. The signatories, excluding the United States, pledged to place children’s rights and wellbeing at the centre of their policies, including protection from AI. They agreed to focus on five priority areas—health, nutrition, education, protection and psychological wellbeing in the digital age—with the aim of achieving measurable outcomes by 2045.
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