
(FILES) UN High commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk looks on during the 63rd session of United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, in Geneva, on September 7, 2026. The United Nations rights chief called on September 14, 2026 for urgent action to rein in "frontier" artificial intelligence, warning that the technology poses "unprecedented risks". "We are on the cusp of irreversible change, affecting not just us but generations of humanity to come," Volker Turk said in a statement, stressing the need for "urgent action that is adapted to the unprecedented risks posed by frontier AI". (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images)


