As artificial intelligence reshapes power, the United Nations is struggling to keep pace. In a candid exchange, the Secretary-General acknowledged that global institutions lack leverage over technology powerful enough to influence elections, conflicts and societies. The result is an ambitious effort to set norms and warn of risks, even as enforcement remains beyond reach.

In a wide-ranging press conference at U.N. headquarters, Secretary-General António Guterres warned that global order is being reshaped by impunity, unchecked power and the erosion of international law. Acknowledging the United Nations’ limited leverage, he drew firm legal lines on conflicts from Gaza and Ukraine to Iran, Sudan and Syria, underscoring the growing gap between expectations of the UN and its ability to enforce its mandate.

The UN’s newly adopted AI Resolution signals ambition, but falls short on substance. By excluding military AI, leaning on voluntary funding, and offering little beyond dialogue, it risks becoming another symbolic exercise. Unless backed by real financing and authority, the UN will watch as the future of AI is shaped elsewhere—by powers and corporations with little concern for equity.

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