GEF2025 | Harnessing the Power of AI: Safe and Ethical Integration
Building on a year of sustained global engagement and cross-sector collaboration, the AI Track at Global Ethics Forum 2025 will serve as a pivotal platform to advance the dialogue on how to harness the transformative potential of AI while safeguarding human dignity, safety, and the public good.
Over the course of 2025, Globethics has been at the forefront of convening leaders and experts to address some of the most pressing challenges posed by AI.
In March, Globethics co-hosted a high-level policy dialogue on AI and Human Rights as an official side event to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, bringing together diverse voices to explore how AI governance can reinforce, rather than erode, fundamental rights. In June, Globethics actively participated in the 3rd UNESCO Global Forum on the Ethics of AI (GFEAI) and joined the launch of UNESCO’s Global CSO and Academic Network on AI Ethics and Policy.
Additionally, Globethics co-organised the GFEAI’s side event Enabling Ethical AI for Present and Future Generations in a Time of Heightened Global Insecurity, in collaboration with UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition, Chulalongkorn University, and the Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA), and 33 other international CSO, think-tank and academic partners.
At the WSIS+20 High-Level Event, our panel on International AI Frameworks for Safeguarding Human Rights and Dignity underscored the urgency of sustained, multi-stakeholder engagement to establish robust safety standards and independent oversight mechanisms in an increasingly fragmented world. We further deepened this commitment by co-hosting with IASEAI and I-AIIG the exclusive roundtable on: AI Global Safety: Preventing Catastrophic Risks.
This unique convening brought together eminent leaders from across civil society, philanthropy, and industry, representing a broad spectrum of regions and perspectives. Together, we began to cultivate a multidisciplinary community of trust dedicated to confronting AI-related catastrophic risks, advancing shared understanding of their nature and scope, and co-creating pathways for monitoring, prevention, and mitigation.
Globethics’ efforts were further recognised when Globethics was named a WSIS Prizes Champion 2025 for our project Amplifying the Voice of the Global South for Ethical Knowledge and Education in the Information Society. This distinction reflects our ongoing commitment to ensuring that all perspectives should shape the global AI development in a safe and ethical way.
At GEF 2025, we will build on the groundwork laid throughout the year to present concrete insights, tested approaches, and emerging priorities for ethical AI governance. Based on the Outcomes Report on the Roundtable on AI Global Safety, the policy brief Empowering Civil Society in Global AI Governance and other evidence-based documentation, this dialogue will not only take stock of progress but also invite participants to co-design forward-looking strategies that bridge policy, technology, and ethics, ensuring our collective momentum translates into tangible and inclusive action.
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