New York, SANA \u2013 The United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres said that he was deeply troubled by reports that the Israeli military\u2019s bombing campaign includes Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a tool in the identification of targets, particularly in densely populated residential areas in the besieged Gaza Strip, resulting in a high level of civilian casualties.<\/p>\n
No part of life and death decisions that impact entire families should be delegated to the cold calculation of algorithms, WAFA quoted Guterres as saying during a press encounter on Gaza.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have warned for many years of the dangers of weaponization\u00a0of \u00a0AI and reducing the essential role of human agency.\u201d<\/p>\n
AI should be used as a force for good to benefit the world; not to contribute to waging war on an industrial level, blurring accountability, added the UN Secretary-General.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn its speed, scale and inhumane ferocity, the war in Gaza is the deadliest of conflicts \u2013 for civilians, for aid workers, for journalists, for health workers, and for our own colleagues,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
He said that some 196 humanitarian aid workers \u2013 including more than 175 members of our own UN staff \u2013 have been killed. \u201cThe vast majority were serving UNRWA, the backbone of all relief efforts in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n
Others include colleagues from the World Health Organization and the World Food Program \u2013 as well as humanitarians from Doctors without Borders, the Red Crescent, and just a few days ago World Central Kitchen, he added.<\/p>\n
Guterres stressed that denying international journalists entry into Gaza is allowing disinformation and false narratives to flourish.<\/p>\n
Regarding Aid delivery to the Strip, he said: \u201cDramatic humanitarian conditions require a quantum leap in the delivery of life-saving aid — a true paradigm shift.\u201d<\/p>\n
He repeated urgent appeals for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, the protection of civilians, and the unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza.<\/p>\n
Six months on, we are on the brink: of mass starvation; regional conflagration; and a total loss of faith in global standards and norms, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s time to step back from that brink \u2013 to silence the guns \u2013 to ease the horrible suffering — and to stop a potential famine before it is too late.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and a permissive policy for casualties, +972 and Local Call revealed.<\/p>\n
A new investigation by +972 Magazine and Local Call revealed that the Israeli army has developed an artificial intelligence-based program known as \u201cLavender.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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