Sima Bahous on Require AI labs to publish safety evalu…

Sima Bahous

Executive Director of UN Women.

So just as we would never release food or medicine or aircraft or vehicle or electrical products for use without rigorous oversight, AI should not be deployed without mandatory safeguards to ensure it is safe, accountable, and does not cause harm for anyone, of course including women and girls.

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Sima Bahous, remarks at the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance, July 7, 2026.

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Require AI labs to publish safety evaluations before deploying frontier models

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AI Verified Says AI should not deploy without mandatory safeguards and rigorous oversight, supporting required pre-deployment safety evaluation. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Supports mandatory safeguards and rigorous pre-deployment oversight; recorded answer for is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified UN Global Dialogue transcript attributes this exact wording to Sima Bahous. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI companies should be liable for harms caused by their deployed models

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AI value alignment must be subject to public deliberation, not decided by developers alone

Women and girls, feminist technologists, indigenous communities, labor organizations, disability advocates, and civil society must be meaningfully involved and empowered.

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