AI Governance After Geneva: One Global Dialogue, Several Competing Rulebooks

Global AI Governance Cannot Wait As the Digital Divide Widens

Throughout July 2026, various United Nations (UN) bodies and global experts have underscored the need for increased comprehensive artificial intelligence (AI) governance. Although AI yields significant potential gains for global development, persistent structural barriers continue to impede equitable access and deepen the digital divide. From July 6 to 7, the UN convened the first session […]

Pushing for grounded and inclusive action at the WSIS Forum and the Global Dialogue on AI Governance

From 6 to 9 July, the APC network actively engaged in the 2026 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum, a global convening coordinated by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) with UNESCO, UNDP, and UNCTAD and in partnership with over 50 UN entities.

Three lessons from Geneva Digital Week on building a responsible AI future

Artificial intelligence is advancing at an extraordinary pace. The decisions we make today will shape not only the future of technology, but the future of an entire generation. We need to ensure AI is safe, inclusive and designed with children’s rights at its heart.  These questions were at the centre of Geneva Digital Week where we joined governments. UN agencies, technology companies, researchers, academia, civil society and philanthropy to ex…

Reflections from Geneva: Community, Governance, and Action at AI for Good 2026

The ITU AI for Good Global Summit, the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance, and the WSIS Process brought international delegates to Geneva to address how artificial intelligence is deployed and regulated. Returning to the summit for a second consecutive year, Women in AI brought a significantly expanded delegation—including Alessandra Sala (WAI President), Hala Hibri (WAI Switzerland Ambassador), Katherine Bustos Rodas (WAI Europe Lead), Auxane …

AI Governance After Geneva: One Global Dialogue, Several Competing Rulebooks

Everyone Agreed AI Needs Rules in Geneva. Nobody Agreed on Whose  Governments gathered in Geneva on July 6 and 7, 2026, to discuss a technology crossing borders in milliseconds. Every enforcement tool for it still sits inside national or regional jurisdiction. The UN’s first Global Dialogue on AI Governance built a room where every member state could join companies and civil-society groups at the same table. It did not build a rulebook. What Gen…