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Comment by António Guterres

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UN Secretary-General
I would be favorable to the idea that we could have an artificial intelligence agency, [...] inspired by what the International Atomic Energy Agency is today.
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AI Verified Verified. The cited VOA article dated June 12, 2023 directly attributes the sentence to Guterres; the user's version is verbatim except for a faithful omission of "I would say" marked by [...]. A Reuters-syndicated report from the same day independently matches the attribution. ([voanews.com](https://www.voanews.com/a/un-chief-considering-watchdog-agency-for-ai-/7133567.html)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
AI Verified Verified via web search. Multiple corroborating sources (VOA, Al Jazeera, Globe and Mail, Xinhua, Jerusalem Post, June 2023) confirm UN Secretary-General António Guterres said he would be "favourable to the idea" of an AI agency "inspired by" the IAEA. He was responding to an AI executives' proposal at a UN press briefing. The "for" vote on "Create a global institute for AI, similar to CERN" is broadly consistent — Guterres supports creating a global multilateral AI institution. Caveat: he explicitly compares to the IAEA (regulatory/watchdog) rather than CERN (research collaboration); these are different models for global AI governance, but both fall under the umbrella of "global institute for AI". Source URL (VOA) returned 403; verification relies on numerous corroborating reports. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 1mo ago
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