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An intensifying global momentum around AI innovations is sparking key debates on what constitutes responsible business conduct in the technology sector. Against this backdrop, B-Tech has published targeted resources that seeks to demonstrate the ways in which the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) can guide more effective understanding, mitigations and governance of the risks of artificial intelligence (AI), as well as generative AI more specifically.
Foundational papers and guidance materials:
- Headlines and Recommendations from the GenAI B-Tech Foundational paper
- B-Tech foundational paper: Advancing Responsible Development and Deployment of Generative AI
- Generative AI project supplement: Taxonomy of Generative AI Human Rights Harms
- Generative AI project supplement: Overview of Human Rights and Responsible AI Company Practice
Related activities and events:
- Summary report - The Politics of Knowledge in the AI Age: Empowering Human Agency through Standards, Human Rights, and the Role of Corporations", 09 July, WSIS Forum 2026, Geneva, Switzerland
- Summary report - High-Level Event: Safeguarding human rights in the age of artificial intelligence", 22 June 2026, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
- Summary ODET B-Tech consultation - NYO - March 2026
- B-Tech at the AI Impact Summit 2026: Safe and Trusted AI: Responsible Practices and Industry Standards
- Responsibility in the Anthropocene: Taking stock of the UNGPs role in aligning Technology, Business, and Human Rights and widening the horizon? (OHCHR B-Tech & Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights Roundtable)
- Responsible Business Conduct: From Principles to Practice in AI Product Design
- Roundtable: “What role for the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in AI Governance?”
- Human Rights and AI Series - AI and Human Rights 101
- OHCHR B-Tech GenAI multi-stakeholder roundtable
- UN B-Tech Generative AI Summit
- AI, Human Rights, and the Evolving Regulatory Environment, Workshop by B-Tech and GNI, Brussels, October 2023, summary note
- Shaping the Future of AI Governance: Standards, Risk Management, and Responsible Practices: Key Takeaways from the Paris AI Action Summit