Over 100 global AI experts release the second international AI safety report, highlighting significant uncertainties in AI development, systemic risks to labor markets and inequality, and the limitations of current safeguards as general-purpose AI capabilities continue to advance unpredictably.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres announces the formation of a 40-member Independent International Scientific Panel on AI to provide evidence-based guidance on artificial intelligence governance, assess real-world impacts, and help close the global AI knowledge gap as technology advances at unprecedented speed.