A hold on AI: on the Preliminary Report of the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI

The article discusses the UN's Preliminary Report of the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI, highlighting critical fault lines such as the Global South-Global North divide in AI benefits and the regulatory challenges faced by poorer countries. It emphasizes the rapid, largely unregulated proliferation of AI technologies, their potential for significant societal harms (e.g., deepfakes, economic risks, impact on news media), and the urgent need for governments, including India, to proactively assert control and hold AI firms accountable to mitigate broad damage.