UK AI Safety Summit will Impact Global Health: Time to Strengthen Rights-Based AI Governance

The UK AI Safety Summit focuses on existential threats from AI, but without robust governance, existing global health inequalities and human rights issues may worsen.

Key insights include:

– AI’s rapid growth risks amplifying health disparities and human rights concerns.

– Health is often used rhetorically to justify technological advances benefiting elites.

Experts and advocates must engage in AI regulation discussions, drawing on global health governance lessons to ensure future AI governance is grounded in human rights principles. The World Health Organization and the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health have called for AI systems to protect human autonomy and promote well-being.

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