The United Nations rights chief on Saturday warned that recent advances in artificial intelligence posed a grave threat to human rights and called for safeguards to prevent violations. There have been increasing concerns over things such as AI-guided drones, "slaughterbots" that can kill with no human intervention and the risk that artificial intelligence could escalate a military conflict. "We will follow this closely, provide our specific expertise and ensure that the human rights dimension remains central to how this goes forward," Turk said