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News 07 Sep 2026

UN Rights Chief Volker Turk Warns AI Poses 'Existential' Risk, Calls for Cast-Iron Guarantees

UN human rights chief Volker Turk told the Geneva council that advanced AI poses an existential risk and demanded cast-iron safety guarantees. The warning adds institutional weight to the UN and Red Cross push for binding rules on autonomous weapons.

Technology 18 Aug 2026

Harvard and MIT Unveil MatrAIx: 8.3 Billion AI Personas to Simulate Global Human Behavior

Harvard and MIT researchers released MatrAIx, an open-source system that simulates 8.3 billion AI personas across 1,290 behavioral dimensions. The platform lets product teams stress-test features and AI systems against a planetary-scale synthetic population overnight.