The UN AI for Good Summit, organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and now in its 10th year, took place at a 106,000-square-meter convention center near Geneva’s airport district. Doreen Bogdan-Martin, ITU secretary-general, stated in a keynote that “artificial intelligence, deployed responsibly, could help solve humanity's most pressing problems—from hunger to disease to a warming planet,” but noted that idea “is being tested, including by the challenges AI itself is bringing.” Sessions were backed by worry that “indifferent deployment by unchecked corporate monopolies is already hardwiring global inequality and eroding human rights.” Giulio Coppi, senior humanitarian officer at Access Now, called out “the humanitarian and public sectors’ overreliance on big tech,” demanding organizations stop treating tech companies “as your best friends” and pointing to “a decade of opaque, multimillion-dollar deals funded by public money.” Pro-Palestine activists stormed the stage during a keynote by Amazon chief technology officer Werner Vogels, alleging the company’s technology is being used by Israel against Palestinians. Harvard engineering professor Vijay Janapa Reddi said, “When we’re talking about AI, we love the hype... The damn thing never actually lands in practice,” adding that “good” is too vague a standard.