UN launches “AI for Good” commission

(Ashley Gold – Axios) A new UN-backed commission will bring top tech executives and heads of state to the same table to forge global solutions for AI, per an announcement shared exclusively with Axios. As global AI regulation grows more splintered, this initiative is an attempt to connect the executives building advanced AI with a group of global politicians. The UNand its International Telecommunication Union are convening the AI for Good Global Commission, which will hold its first meeting on July 8 in Geneva, Switzerland. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and Rwandan President Paul Kagame will co-chair the commission. Other members include ITU Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Estonian President Alar Karis, and AI and tech policymakers from Kazakhstan, Namibia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Nigeria. Tech leaders include Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark, Cohere co-founder Aidan Gomez, Microsoft president Brad Smith, and Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang. – Exclusive: UN launches AI commission with AI CEOs, world leaders