The Final Report: Governing AI for Humanity was released to address the urgent need for an inclusive, coordinated international response to AI’s global impact on society, democracy, and sustainable development. It sets out a proposed Global AI Governance Framework centred on three pillars—international scientific assessments, governance interoperability, and equitable access to AI enablers, underpinned by the UN Charter, human rights, and the Sustainable Development Goals. By advancing options for a UN-anchored institutional model and recommending mechanisms for standards, accountability, and capacity-building, the report establishes a blueprint for global AI governance aimed at ensuring that AI serves humanity as a common good.
The Final Report moves from broad principles to concrete proposals, outlining specific institutional options such as a UN AI office, global scientific panel, and mechanisms for standards and capacity-building. It is also more pragmatic and implementation-focused, softening the earlier emphasis on normative alignment and instead prioritising cooperative, step-by-step approaches to fill existing governance gaps.