Blinken touts OECD as vital in shaping rules on emerging technology

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development should help shape new rules on emerging technologies to ensure they are used to “advance human freedom” rather than “suppress dissent,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday. Blinken delivered opening remarks at the second session of an OECD ministerial meeting in Paris, which he chaired. The first session was held in May. “We face the challenge of shaping the rules for new and emerging technologies,” he said. “We must ensure that...