New Delhi, March 22 -- In a rare show of global unanimity, all 193 member countries of the United Nations joined together to adopt a landmark resolution backed by India aiming to keep the world safe from the excesses of artificial intelligence.

The General Assembly's resolution passed unanimously on Thursday stressed "the urgency of achieving global consensus on safe, secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence systems" in the face of "potential risk for accidents and compound threats from malicious actors".

India's Permanent Representative Ruchira Kamboj said in a post on X after its adoption, "Happy to co-sponsor the Resolution on AI".

The resolution was proposed by the United States and the State Department's factsheet about it s...