The UNU Global AI Network is pleased to launch the AI for SDGs — Global Youth AI Future Innovation Competition, an international science and technology innovation competition with the goals of empowering social innovation1, advancing yo...

The final competition of this year’s U&AI | AI for SDGs Youth Bootcamp, hosted by the Institute for AI International Governance of Tsinghua University (I-AIIG) and supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), was succes...

17 November, Beijing – Global youth from 14 teams put forward innovative AI solutions for advancing the Sustainable Development Goals on Tuesday at the online final competition of U&AI Camp, an international youth bootcamp. Launched in ...

On July 18, 2026, more than 300 representatives from governments, United Nations (UN) agencies, academia, industry, and civil society convened at the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) for the forum “From Consensus to ...

On July 18, 2026, the Closed-Door Evening Dialogue on “Frontier AI Safety and Critical Infrastructure : Evaluation, Standards and Cooperation” was successfully held at the Shanghai West Bund International Convention and Exhibition Cent...

On July 10, 2026, the Institute for AI International Governance (I-AIIG) at Tsinghua University hosted the official side event “Safe at Scale: Translating the UN Automated Driving Systems (ADS) Regulation into Global Action” at the WSI...

The rapid evolution of AI has long outpaced human capabilities. From the United Nations' arduous adoption of the first global AI governance resolution to the upheaval of elections in multiple countries by deepfake-generated misinformatio...

Liang Zheng, said governance is not keeping pace with technological development and pointed to widening capability gaps between countries, as well as difficulties in building broader governance consensus.

"If we assume, based on past experience, that new jobs will naturally emerge, that may not necessarily hold true this time," Xue said. He pointed to the need for stronger policy responses, particularly in social security, as workers navi...

“In China we define AI as an enabler to improve existing industry, like healthcare, energy, or agriculture,” says AI policy researcher Liang Zheng, of Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. “The first priority is to use it to benefit ...