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Why the world needs the UN to keep an eye on AI

By Yu Xiong, Chair Professor of Business Analytics, University of Surrey; Northumbria University, Newcastle

AI doesn’t have a boss. It doesn’t really care about rules. And most of us don’t have any say over what it will do next.

Yet the technology is all around us, firmly established in workplaces, financial systems, healthcare and defence. So maybe it needs someone to keep an eye on its progress and set some boundaries.

The UN certainly thinks so, and recently decided to set up an independent panel to

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