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EPISODE · Feb 19, 2026 · 14 MIN

AI developers risk creating ‘Frankenstein’s monster,’ warns UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

from UN Interviews · host UN News/ Anshu Sharma

As the India AI Impact Summit, the first of its kind in the Global South, enters its final days, UN News has been talking to some of the senior UN officials who have made the trip to New Delhi.One of them is Volker Türk, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, who has been meeting with world leaders and the heads of technology companies.When he sat down with our colleague Anshu Sharma, Mr. Türk explained why human rights must be at the core of a powerful technology that many believe is about to transform the world.

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