India, April 11 -- The UN's Independent International Scientific Panel on AI - the first global body of its kind - is gearing up for its inaugural in-person summit.

Tasked with navigating the volatile intersection of innovation and ethics, this group of world-leading experts is launching a landmark study into the forces transforming modern life.

"We are not just focusing on AI as a mathematical or algorithmic field: we are also looking at ensuring that humans are central to decision-making," says Menna El-Assady, an assistant professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich.

El-Assady is one of the founding members of the UN's independent panel on AI, recommended to serve by the UN Secretary-General.Independent In...