HLAB-AI, established in October 2023, comprises 39 preeminent AI leaders from 33 countries across all regions and multiple sectors, serving in their personal capacity. In its final report, the Body presented seven recommendations for global cooperation on AI governance. The recommendations provided inspiration for Member States adopting the Global Digital Compact during the Summit of the Future in September 2024.
Name in original language
UN Secretary-General's High-level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence (HLAB-AI)
Initiative overview
The United Nations Secretary-General's High-level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence (HLAB-AI) released its final report Governing AI for Humanity in September 2024. It was built on months of extensive global consultations and the publication of an interim report in December 2023. The uniquely diverse Advisory Body was the world's first and most representative expert group capable of reflecting humanity's aspirations for AI.The report was the product of extensive consultations, involving more than 2,000 participants across all regions of the world. The HLAB-AI conducted 18 deep-dive discussions on key issues, reviewed more than 250 written submissions from over 150 organizations and 100 individuals, and held over 50 global engagements. The advisory body also carried out an AI Risk Pulse - the most comprehensive AI horizon scanning exercise to date - and an opportunity scan to assess emerging trends.The report outlined a blueprint for addressing AI-related risks and sharing its transformative potential globally, including by: Urging the UN to lay the foundations of the first globally inclusive and distributed architecture for AI governance based on international cooperation; Proposing seven recommendations to address gaps in current AI governance arrangements; Calling on all governments and stakeholders to work together in governing AI to foster the development and protection of all human rights.The HLAB-AI's report identified key gaps in the current international AI governance landscape, and proposed measures to address these gaps. This included light institutional mechanisms to complement existing efforts and foster global AI governance arrangements that are agile, adaptive and effective to keep pace with AI's evolution.The 7 key recommendations identified are: 1) International Scientific Panel on AI; 2) Policy Dialogue on AI Governance; 3) AI Standards Exchange; 4) Capacity Development Network; 5) Global Fund for AI; 6) Global AI Data Framework and 7) AI Office in the United Nations Secretariat.The Final Report and its recommendations were widely acknowledged and praised internationally. It was covered in major news platforms throughout all the continents, with over 275 news pieces around the launch of the report. 4 Op-Eds written by the Body members were published in global media and the recommendations were also covered in several broadcast hits.During the UN Summit of the Future, several recommendations in the Final Report were taken up in the Global Digital Compact. World leaders on AI also gathered during the Summit to discuss how to secure a better digital future for all. In many segments, the leaders acknowledged the recommendations and emphasised the importance of global cooperation and the role of the UN.The Body concluded in October 2026, but the recommendations and analysis are still widely used in discussions and studies surrounding global AI governance.
Action plan/roadmap
https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/governing_ai_for_humanity_final_report_en.pdf
