Cognitive scientist Abeba Birhane leads a team of researchers at the AI Accountability Lab at Trinity College Dublin. (Geneva Solutions/Maurizio Arseni)

🤐UN AI summit accused of censoring criticism of Israel and big tech over Gaza war. A prominent AI scientist says she was pressured by the organisers of the UN’s flagship conference on AI to censor parts of her presentation that criticised Israel over its war in Gaza and the role of tech giants – hours before taking the stage.

💵Cashflow problems affect UN Human Rights Council activities. Volker Türk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, says 15 rights reports will not be delivered this year due to funding cuts.

❓Opinion: ICRC faces the great humanitarian paradox. Conflicts are multiplying and needs are exploding just as humanitarian organisations must make brutal cuts to their budgets.

📝Israeli report accuses Hamas of using sexual violence as a weapon of war on Oct. 7. A report released by the Dinah Project, a group of legal and gender experts, says some victims were “permanently silenced” by Hamas, which killed them.

🚫Save the Children suspends work with BCG over ‘utterly unacceptable’ Gaza role. The UK-based charity, which had worked with the Boston Consulting Group on a plan to downsize its operations, cut ties with the firm following reports that it had worked on plans to relocate Gazans.

💥US is still financing UN Mine Action in Nigeria, surprising everyone. USAid began funding UNMAS in the country in 2024.