Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a feature of science fiction writing for almost a century, but it is only in more recent years that the prospect of truly autonomous robotics - even those that have only limited functionality - have become viable. While this potentially will provide great opportunities, the development of AI is likely to impact upon the very functioning of society, posing practical, ethical and security challenges.

The new online Bibliography on Cyber Threats includes all the material that has been collected for the preparation of specific projects developed by UNICRI's Emerging Crimes team and the documentation acquired by the UNICRI Library. The collected documents are now accessible online and can be consulted via the relevant electronic link.

The Central Law Library of the Italian Ministry of Justice is the most comprehensive source of legal documents at the national level. It includes more than 3,000 legal publications and 250,000 monographs, provides access to more than 3,500 Italian and foreign journals and assistance for bibliographic searches.

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Note by the Secretary-General

The attached report of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute contains information on activities undertaken by the Institute and was prepared pursuant to a decision of the Board taken at its meeting held on 13-14 November 2014 to report to the Economic and Social Council, through the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, on the work of the Institute, in accordance with the statute