"Opposite to what some misinformed friends have been saying, Europe is not blindly focused on regulation. Europe is a space for innovation and investment, but it is a safe space, and safe spaces win in the long run."
"His remarks were echoed by Antonio Guterres, the UN secretary general, who told delegates including several US tech billionaires that no child should be a test subject for unregulated AI. The future of AI cannot be decided by a few countries or left to the whims of a few billionaires, Guterres said. AI must belong to everyone."
"Research published this month by Unicef and Interpol across 11 countries found at least 1.2 million children reported having their images manipulated into sexually explicit deepfakes in the past year. In some countries, one in 25 children the equivalent of one child in every classroom had been affected."
France will use its G7 presidency to prioritize stronger AI safeguards aimed at protecting children from digital sexual abuse. Outrage followed a popular chatbot being used to generate tens of thousands of sexualised images of children, highlighting concerns about concentrated AI power in a few companies. The UN called for protections to ensure no child becomes a test subject for unregulated AI and argued that AI governance must be inclusive. A US administration adviser criticized the EU's AI Act as restrictive for entrepreneurs. New research by Unicef and Interpol found at least 1.2 million children targeted by sexual deepfakes across 11 countries.
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