UN Global Digital Compact

Overview

Authors: The United Nations

Publication Date: 22 September 2024

Link: https://www.un.org/global-digital-compact/sites/default/files/2024-09/Global%20Digital%20Compact%20-%20English_0.pdf

Keywords: global governance, AI ethics, risk, safety, global agreements, principles, policy frameworks

Type: News

Summary

Sets forth AI principles for ethical engagement with all forms of digital technologies from the UN. The Global Digital Compact is a comprehensive framework for global governance of digital technology and artificial intelligence. Twenty years after the World Summit on the Information Society, it charts a roadmap for global digital cooperation to harness the immense potential of digital technology and close digital divides. World leaders convened in New York for the Summit of the Future, where they adopted a Pact for the Future that includes a Global Digital Compact.

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