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UN chief taps Israeli professor to serve on global AI panel
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has tapped an Israeli expert to serve on the first global scientific body on Artificial Intelligence.
Ben Gurion University professor Lior Rokach has been selected by Guterres, along with 39 other experts, to serve on the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI tasked with improving international cooperation in the field.
The 40 appointees will begin meeting after being approved by the UN General Assembly.
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