Post by United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies

Open source and AI share a founding principle: the most powerful technologies are built in the open, with many hands, for the many.    Day 2 put that to the test. Yann LeCun opened the day at the ECOSOC Chamber with UN Tech Envoy Amandeep Gill, followed by ministers from Morocco, Jamaica, and Lesotho on how open technologies can bridge digital divides.    Sessions covered open robots, open AI agents, and the Responsible Generative AI Framework — turning accountability principles into production-ready practice. Parallel sessions examined Africa's path to digital sovereignty, AI risks to humanitarian and climate open source platforms, digitally friendly cities, and youth-led open source AI. The day closed with a reception at UN Headquarters.     One through-line: openness is not a feature of AI governance. It is a precondition for it. Watch the recordings: https://lnkd.in/eeTdSmNJ and https://lnkd.in/e2AYvyri    Co-organized by United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies and United Nations Office of Information and Communications Technology    #UNOpenSourceWeek #DigitalCooperation #AIGovernance