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    UN tech envoy talks AI governance and the private sector

    Amandeep Singh Gill, the U.N. secretary-general's envoy on technology, says new efforts such as the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI and India’s AI Impact Summit can help shift power and opportunity toward the global south.

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