Volker Türk

Haut-Commissaire des Nations unies aux droits de l’homme qui a déclaré au Conseil des droits de l’homme en septembre 2026 partager l’inquiétude des initiés du secteur selon laquelle une IA avancée pourrait constituer un risque existentiel pour l’humanité, appelant à des garanties en béton et à des lignes rouges convenues avant qu’il ne soit trop tard.

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oct. 2022 – aujourd’huiUnited Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human RightsAustrian lawyer; appointed by the Secretary-General, approved by the General Assembly in September 2022, took office in October 2022.Source →

Au registre

7 sept. 2026 · Discours · Human Rights Council, 63rd session, Geneva
I am calling here, today, for an all-out effort to put cast iron guarantees in place around the safety and security of AI, before it is too late.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights à l’époque
In the same address he said a handful of men has almost unlimited power over AI and asked countries hosting AI and its supply chains to agree red lines.
AI: Türk urges action before it becomes an 'existential risk to humanity' →
7 sept. 2026 · Discours · Human Rights Council, 63rd session, Geneva
AI that escapes its testing environment, or blackmails developers to prevent itself from being turned off, is AI that is too powerful.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights à l’époque
AI: Türk urges action before it becomes an 'existential risk to humanity' →
7 sept. 2026 · Discours · Human Rights Council, 63rd session, Geneva
I share the concerns of industry insiders that advanced AI could pose an existential risk to humanity.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights à l’époque
His global update to the Council; ABC's dateline is 8 September (Australian time), UN News dates the address 7 September.
UN human rights chief warns AI poses 'existential' risk to humanity →