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U.N. names independent global AI science panel amid funding strain

Forty proposed panel members submitted for approval would serve in their personal capacities for a three-year term.

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Feb 04, 2026
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The U.N. chief submitted a list with his proposal for naming 40 experts to a new AI science panel. (Aidin Geranrekab/Unsplash)

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres submitted a proposed 40-member Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence to the United Nations General Assembly, marking the formal launch of what he described a…

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