The UN General Assembly unanimously voted for a first global resolution on artificial intelligence to uphold data protection, risk monitoring for AI and human rights protection.

The resolution is expected to outline the advantages and disadvantages of AI, considered to be potentially revolutionary technology and a call for the set up of international standards will also be assessed.

Co-sponsored by numerous nations, the draft highlights the need for regulations, "to promote safe, secure, and trustworthy artificial intelligence systems," but it does not include military AI within its scope.

The resolution, voted as a whole, leans more on the beneficial side of technology, while cautioning "to bridge the artificial intelligence and other digital divides between and within countries."

The US submitted the draft resolution, which is expected to be put before the assembly for adoption this week.

The draft is also purposed "to promote, not hinder, digital transformation and equitable access" to AI to support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), set forward by the UN and are designed to guarantee a better 2030 for all people.

The statements in the draft acknowledge the risks posed by AI against human rights violation, prejudice promotion and putting security of personal data at stake. It also warns about the hazards that could befall when used with malicious intent.

There are even more cautions in the drafts, particularly one surrounding generative AI tools and the harms they harbor to society and democracy, mainly in matters of spreading fake news and visuals intended to sway elections.

Regulation of AI has been a top issue for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who has called for the establishment of a UN body modeled after existing UN agencies like the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).