Overview

• More than 200 politicians, Nobel laureates, and leading AI researchers unveiled the Global Call for AI Red Lines at the U.N. General Assembly High-Level Week.
• The letter asks governments to negotiate an international agreement that sets clear, verifiable limits on dangerous AI uses by the end of 2026.
• Proposed prohibitions include lethal autonomous weapons, autonomous self-replication, and the use of AI in nuclear warfare.
• Organizers argue voluntary industry commitments are inadequate and call for a new independent global institution with enforcement powers.
• U.N. officials plan to launch a diplomatic AI body this week at an event headlined by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Secretary‑General António Guterres.