# UN rights chief warns AI could pose an ‘existential risk to humanity’

https://mins.news/en/item/48327

- euronews, 2026-09-07 11:50 UTC
- Tech
- Original: http://www.euronews.com/next/2026/09/07/un-rights-chief-warns-how-ai-could-pose-existential-risk-to-humanity

> UN rights chief Volker Türk is calling for urgent global safeguards, independent oversight and agreed limits on advanced artificial intelligence, warning that it could pose an existential risk to humanity.

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