UN chief calls for AI curbs and end to wars in his last assembly address

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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for restrictions on AI and an end to wars in his final assembly address. His tenure has focused on positioning the UN as a mediator in conflicts and a forum for governing emerging technologies despite challenges from major powers.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' address capped a decade-long tenure in which he sought to position the UN as a mediator in conflicts and a forum for governing emerging technologies, even as major powers increasingly bypassed the organisation.