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UN ESCAP Asia-Pacific Digital Solutions Centre to be established in Almaty

From 24.kg · () Russian

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  • Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said at the SCO Plus meeting in Bishkek that global stability increasingly depends on responsible artificial intelligence development.
  • He said Kazakhstan’s initiative would establish a UN ESCAP Asia-Pacific Digital Solutions Centre in Almaty.
  • Tokayev said the centre should help developing countries share best practices and support universal rules for AI.

Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev used the SCO Plus meeting in Bishkek to call for global rules governing artificial intelligence and announce a new regional centre in Almaty.

We need universal rules that unlock the constructive potential of artificial intelligence, prevent its uncontrolled use and reduce the digital gap.

— Kassym-Jomart TokayevThe Kazakh president called for international rules on AI at the SCO Plus meeting.

Tokayev said the UN ESCAP Asia-Pacific Digital Solutions Centre would be established at Kazakhstan’s initiative. He presented it as a way to scale up best practices, with particular benefits for developing countries.

The president argued that decisions being made now are shaping a new technological paradigm and the future structure of international relations. He said universal rules should unlock AI’s constructive potential, prevent uncontrolled use and reduce the digital gap.

It can and should help scale up best practices, primarily for the benefit of developing countries.

— Kassym-Jomart TokayevHe described the planned UN ESCAP centre’s intended role.

Tokayev also said technological progress should serve all humanity. There could be no “elite clubs” in this area, he said, framing access to the benefits of AI as a matter for the international community rather than a select group of countries.

There can be no so-called elite clubs in this area.

— Kassym-Jomart TokayevTokayev argued that technological progress should benefit all humanity.
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