UN urges moratorium on use of AI threatening human rights

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

The UN is calling for a moratorium on the use of artificial intelligence technology that poses a serious risk to human rights, including face-scanning systems that track people in public spaces.

Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, also said that countries should expressly ban AI applications that did not comply with international human rights law.