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Describing generative AI as a "radical advance" in capabilities, Guterres said the speed and reach that the technology gained had been "utterly unprecedented," with ChatGPT hitting 100 million users in just two months. But while AI had the potential to significantly fuel global development and realize human rights, including in healthcare, it also could push bias and discrimination, he said. The technology could further enable authoritarian surveillance. He urged the council to assess the impact of AI on peace and…

International humanitarian law—rules that apply during a conflict between nations—state that one can’t attack civilians or civilian infrastructure. That could matter in space too. “You cannot target a civilian object. You can only target military objectives, and then you have to identify what those things are. A hospital or a school is always protected, but a bridge or a communication center might sometimes be military and sometimes civilian,” says Cassandra Steer, an expert on space law and space security at the…