00:01Rattler's CEO and 2021 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa is named co-chair of the United Nations' Independent International
00:07Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence, alongside renowned computer scientist and Canadian AI pioneer Joshua Bengio.
00:15The panel is the first global scientific body dedicated entirely to artificial intelligence.
00:20UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, in his initial remarks on the first virtual meeting of the panel, says, like AI
00:26itself, the panel is, quote, in a race against time.
00:30The panel is mandated to produce an annual report on opportunities, risks, and impacts of artificial intelligence, the first of
00:36which will be presented at the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance in July.
00:40Members of the panel come from different backgrounds, including the academe, the private sector, civil society, government or international organizations,
00:47and the technical community.
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