European Union (EU) members, the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) are among the countries that have signed the first-ever legally binding international treaty addressing the risks of artificial intelligence (AI), the Council of Europe said yesterday.

According to Anadolu Agency, the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law was opened for signature during a conference of the Council of Europe Ministers of Justice in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania.

It is the first-ever international legally binding treaty...