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The 20th annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum is hosted by the Government of the Norway in Lillestrøm from 23 to 27 June 2025. The Forum's overarching theme is: Building Digital Governance Together. Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to evolve rapidly, offering transformative opportunities across sectors while raising important questions about accountability, fairness, and societal impact. As AI systems become more integrated into society, proposals for global governance frameworks are emerging to ensure that these technologies are developed and deployed in an ethical and rights-based manner. Efforts such as the OECD AI Principles, the Hiroshima AI Process, the UN High-Level Advisory Body on AI, and the Hamburg Sustainability Principles have contributed to building a shared understanding of responsible AI governance. The Global Digital Compact (GDC), which proposes a global dialogue and a scientific advisory panel on AI, underscores the need for evidence-based, inclu...

  The 20th annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum is hosted by the Government of the Norway in Lillestrøm from 23 to 27 June 2025. The Forum's overarching theme is: Building Digital Governance Together. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is, along with robotics, at the forefront of technological innovation, and may have a profound and lasting impact on the global labour market. Sam Altman of OpenAI has predicted that 2025 will be the year we may see the first AI agents 'join the workforce' and materially change the output of companies. How will this development change the nature of work, and how are businesses, employees and governments preparing for it? While AI has demonstrated impressive development in understanding and reasoning abilities in recent years, challenges remain when executing tasks in real-world scenarios. Will recent developments in robotics and machine vision enable AI systems to bridge the gap between digital intelligence and physical action? The conv...