Science, misinformation and AI at a UN Scientific Advisory Board retreat

An attendee at the UN Scientific Advisory Board’s annual retreat says discussions with Secretary-General António Guterres, Under-Secretary Guy Ryder and the team stressed grounding work in science and factuality amid widespread misinformation. They also discussed new topics for scientific briefs. The attendee cited AI, climate modeling, tipping points and green chemistry as areas of collaboration, and highlighted AI trained on physical-world data rather than large language models.