The Global Governance of AI: The Role of the United Nations (Routledge Research in the Law of Emerging Technologies)

This book explores the global governance of artificial intelligence (AI) against the background of unprecedented technological advances in recent years.

It offers the first comprehensive examination of the role of the United Nations in global AI governance. Drawing upon recent governance initiatives at the United Nations such as the Global Digital Compact, it advances a novel constructive approach to the global governance of AI. Moving past common analogies in policy and academic circles, the book further explores the ways in which the global governance of outer space and data offer fresh insights to the ongoing rush to build a global framework of AI governance.

The book will be of interest to researchers in the fields of global governance, international law, AI governance and technology law. It will also be a vital reference to policymakers directly involved in the ongoing efforts of building global AI governance.

Kinfe Yilma is a senior lecturer at the School of Law, University of Leeds. Dr Yilma was formerly Associate Professor of Law and Technology at the University of Addis Ababa Law School and a Teaching Fellow at the University of Melbourne Law School. He is the author of Privacy and the Role of International Law in the Digital Age (Oxford University Press, 2023) and The Content Governance Dilemma: Digital Constitutionalism, Social Media and the Search for a Global Standard (Palgrave, 2023). Dr Yilma is educated at the University of Melbourne (PhD), University of Cambridge (MPhil), Brunel, University of London (LLM), University of Oslo (LLM) and University of Addis Ababa (LLB).