US says no to global AI control despite warnings at the UN

Artificial intelligence (computer programs that can learn and solve tasks that normally require human thinking) has taken up a lot of space during the UN General Assembly in New York.

Throughout the day, several heads of government repeated both hopes and concerns about what the technology could come to mean for the world.

Call for cooperation

Both foreign ministers and heads of government from several countries called for the world's countries to work together on common rules for AI. The idea is that by working together, they can steer the development so the technology does not become dangerous or out of control.

Executives from major tech companies also warned about the risks of AI and pointed to the need for a firmer grip on the technology.

US says no thanks

While many countries are calling for global regulation, the US maintains that it does not want international rules for AI. The country thus does not believe that creating common, worldwide rules for the technology is the way forward.

The disagreement means there is still no prospect of a unified international agreement on how artificial intelligence should be governed and limited.