Advisory body was formed last year to undertake analysis and advance recommendations for the international governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Need for Global Governance of AI

• Accelerated development of AI concentrates power and wealth on a global scale, with geopolitical and geoeconomic implications.
• Lack of understanding of AI’s inner workings to fully control its outputs or predict its evolution.
• As AI technology is transboundary in structure and application, it cannot be left to market forces alone.
• For equitable distribution of AI’s opportunities such as optimizing energy grids, improving public health and agriculture, etc.

Gap in Global AI governance

• Lack of truly global and comprehensive frameworks: despite numerous AI governance documents and initiatives.
• Lack of representation: In the sampled countries, seven countries are parties to all the AI governance efforts, whereas 118 countries are parties to none (primarily in the global South).
• Implementation issue: Commitments do not translate into tangible outcomes leading to hindrance in sharing of the opportunities provided by AI equally.