United Nations (UN) released its first scientific assessment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in July 2026

¨     United Nations (UN) released its first scientific assessment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in July 2026.

¨     The report is titled "Preliminary Report of the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI."

¨     The Independent International Scientific Panel on AI consists of 40 members.

¨     The panel is co-chaired by Yoshua Bengio and Maria Ressa.

¨     Yoshua Bengio is a Turing Award laureate, while Maria Ressa is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

¨     Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a branch of computer science that enables machines to learn, reason, recognize patterns, and process language.

¨     The report examines AI science, healthcare, education, agriculture, economic impacts, security, environmental effects, human rights, democracy, cultural well-being, individual well-being, governance, and AI reliability.

¨     The Independent International Scientific Panel on AI was established to assess scientific evidence related to AI.

¨     The panel's role is not to prescribe policies, but to provide independent scientific evidence for policymakers.

¨     UN Secretary-General António Guterres emphasized the need for independent scientific evidence before governments make AI policy decisions.

¨     The report was prepared to support the Global Dialogue on AI Governance.

¨     According to the report, the United States accounted for about 75% of global AI computing capacity in 2025.

¨     China accounted for about 15% of global AI computing capacity.

¨     AI computing capacity includes advanced chips, data centres, cloud infrastructure, and hardware used to train and run large AI models.

¨     The Independent International Scientific Panel on AI has 40 members.

¨     The first Global Dialogue on AI Governance was held in Geneva on 6–7 July 2026.

¨     A more comprehensive AI report is expected in 2027 for the second Global Dialogue on AI Governance in New York.