UNITED NATIONS : U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday backed a proposal by some artificial intelligence executives for the creation of an international AI watchdog body like the International Atomic Energy Agency .
"Alarm bells over the latest form of artificial intelligence – generative AI – are deafening. And they are loudest from the developers who designed it," Guterres told reporters."We must take those warnings seriously." But on Monday he added:"I would be favorable to the idea that we could have an artificial intelligence agency ... inspired by what the international agency of atomic energy is today."
ChatGPT's creator OpenAI said last month that a body like the IAEA could place restrictions on deployment, vet compliance with safety standards and track usage of computing power.