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Lauren Lovelace

Lauren Lovelace

US Mission Counselor to the United Nations

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AI governance is not a matter for the UN to dictate. We will not cede authority over AI to international bodies that may be influenced by authoritarian regimes seeking to impose their vision of controlled surveillance societies.

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International governance of artificial intelligence

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Delivered US objection to panel

For the first time in history, the world has an independent scientific body dedicated to artificial intelligence. On February 13, 2026, the United Nations General Assembly appointed 40 experts to a three-year panel charged with assessing AI's economic and social impacts—a vote that passed 117-2, with only the United States and Paraguay opposed. The vote marks the clearest split yet between American AI policy and the rest of the world, including traditional US allies in Europe and Asia.

Updated Feb 13