The United Nations rights chief warned on Monday (Sep 7) that artificial intelligence could pose an "existential threat to humanity", demanding immediate action to reduce the risks.
Speaking before the UN Human Rights Council, Volker Turk warned that humans currently faced "unfamiliar, even unprecedented" threats to their rights.
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