OpenAI ‘rogue AI’ incident tests safeguards debated at U.N.
UNCTAD calls for mandatory reporting after OpenAI notified the agency of activity targeting its system over 16,000 times.
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AI safety debate shifts to who will police frontier systems
Governments and technology leaders agree on testing and oversight but remain divided over who should set the rules.
Africa-Europe-Mediterranean research takes on lab-to-market gap
The 2026 A.U.-E.U.-Med Innovation Fair invites startups and research projects to pitch food and agriculture technologies.
U.N., Red Cross warn autonomous weapons nearing a ‘moral red line’
Renewed appeal seeks binding prohibitions as governments approach a decision on whether to launch negotiations.
The A.U.-E.U. Innovation Agenda at three: From declarations to delivery
The partnership aims to strengthen and connect innovation ecosystems. Three years on, its record is coming into focus.
China launches intergovernmental body to shape global AI governance
Twenty-nine countries joined the Shanghai-based organization as Beijing offered aid to developing nations.
Economists and AI leaders call for guardrails as AI's impact accelerates
A rare coalition says policymakers must prepare for changes that could unfold faster than previous industrial revolutions.
Who protects the cables that carry the internet?
An ITU-led effort is trying to strengthen one of the world's least visible but most important forms of infrastructure.
As war moves online, the ICRC wants its protective emblem to follow
ICRC launches a new phase of a project to extend protections to cyberspace as services become vulnerable to online attacks.
The U.N.'s AI governance vision pushes coordination, not regulation
Discussions in Geneva revealed concern over fragmented regulation, unequal access and the need for safeguards.
The U.N. moves to build an architecture for AI governance
A new scientific panel, global political forum, leadership commission and summit shape the U.N.'s approach to AI.
Who gets to govern AI? U.N. panel warns access alone is not enough
Report argues countries may gain access to AI but lose influence over standards, infrastructure and governance.
Why parliaments are emerging as the next frontier of AI governance
Incoming IPU chief Anda Filip argues lawmakers must play a larger role as AI reshapes democratic institutions.
The next U.N. leader may need to be a science diplomat
Scientists and policy leaders argue the secretary-general's job is increasingly shaped by science and technology.
IIASA looks from research to science diplomacy and decision intelligence
Festival discussions highlighted science diplomacy, systems analysis and decision intelligence as pillars of evolving plans.
E.U. adopts first science diplomacy framework, links research to policy
After a multi-year process, the bloc is moving from defining science diplomacy to building the structures to support it.