Spain joins the United Nations as a regulatory body for future AI.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced the establishment of a new advisory body on artificial intelligence, which will support the international community's efforts to regulate this tool. In his statement, he noted that artificial intelligence offers developing economies the opportunity to leapfrog outdated technologies and deliver services directly to those who need them most. "The transformative potential of artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity is hard to overstate," he emphasized.

However, Guterres acknowledged that the misuse of its use could undermine trust in institutions, weaken social solidarity, and even threaten democracy itself. Therefore, the UN Secretary-General called for a global dialogue with stakeholders on the governance of artificial intelligence to maximize its benefits for humanity and reduce the associated risks.

In this context, an advisory body on artificial intelligence is being established, which will serve as a link between experts from the public and private sectors, the scientific community, civil society, and academia to regulate this tool, using "the unique power of the UN's exceptional convening as a universal and inclusive organization." As Guterres stated, among the most immediate tasks of this institution will be to seek a global scientific consensus on the risks and challenges associated with artificial intelligence, as well as to determine ways to apply this technology to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

The UN notes that this body will operate in accordance with existing and future initiatives related to artificial intelligence governance. It is expected that this institution will present a series of preliminary recommendations by the end of 2023 and final recommendations by the summer of 2024, ahead of the summit for the future.

The body will consist of 39 members from more than 30 countries, including Carme Artigas, the Secretary of State for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence of the Spanish government. Alongside her will be experts such as Natasha Crampton, the head of artificial intelligence at Microsoft, Omar Sultan Al Olama, the Secretary of State for Artificial Intelligence of the UAE, Mira Murati, the Chief Technology Officer of OpenAI, Zhang Linhan, a professor at the Institute of Data Law at the Chinese University of Political Science and Law, and Philip Tigo, an advisor to the government of Kenya.