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Minister urges ʻethical guardrailsʼ for AI
Iran's Minister of Science, Research and Technology Hossein Simaei Sarraf said emerging technologies, particularly artificial intelligence, must be developed alongside strong ethical safeguards, as he met Turkey's Minister of National Education Yusuf Tekin on the sidelines of the sixth Turkey Educational Technologies Summit (TETZ), the ministry said.
Simaei Sarraf said rapid technological progress offers unprecedented opportunities for humanity but warned that innovation detached from ethical principles could have serious consequences. He also called for closer academic cooperation between Iran and Turkey through joint research, expanded university partnerships, and broader exchanges of students and faculty members, MSRT reported.
The meeting focused on practical mechanisms to deepen collaboration in higher education, research and technology, including launching joint scientific projects and strengthening institutional links between universities in the two neighboring countries.
Simaei Sarraf also extended an official invitation to Tekin to visit Iran and tour the country's universities and research centers to explore new avenues for scientific cooperation.
Tekin opened the meeting by expressing sympathy with the Iranian government and people following the recent attacks on the country. He also criticized what he described as Western double standards on human rights, arguing that the concept had increasingly been used as a political instrument rather than a universal principle.
Echoing that view, the minister said inconsistent international approaches had undermined confidence in the concept of human rights among many Muslims, while stressing that fundamental human rights values are rooted in both Islamic teachings and rational principles
Referring to recent attacks on educational institutions in Iran, Simaei Sarraf said universities and schools had come under attack despite internationally recognized humanitarian norms governing armed conflicts. He added that hundreds of students, professors and members of Iran's academic community had been killed in the attacks.
The ministers concluded their talks by reaffirming their commitment to expanding scientific and educational cooperation through sustained academic engagement and collaborative research initiatives.