Legal Intelligence Briefing: UN Releases First Scientific Report On Artificial Intelligence, Calling For Human-Centric Global Governance

On 1 July, the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI released its Preliminary Report at UN Headquarters in New York. The Panel comprises 40 scientists and experts, co-chaired by Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa, and was established under a General Assembly resolution in August 2025 as the UN's first standing, fully independent scientific body…