UK PM RISHI SUNAK ANNOUNCES FIRST GLOBAL SUMMIT ON AI

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that the United Kingdom will hold the first worldwide summit on artificial intelligence (AI) this September.

Mr Sunak declared last week, while on a trip to the United States, that government officials and tech businesses will meet to agree safety measures to evaluate and monitor the most significant risks from AI.

Mr Sunak said: “AI has an incredible potential to transform our lives for the better. But we need to make sure it is developed and used in a way that is safe and secure.

“Time and time again throughout history, we have invented paradigm-shifting new technologies and we have harnessed them for the good of humanity. That is what we must do again.”

“No one country can do this alone. This is going to take a global effort. But with our vast expertise and commitment to an open, democratic international system, the UK will stand together with our allies to lead the way,” he added.

In May, dozens of AI experts signed a letter, organised by the Center for AI Safety, calling for leaders to work to “reduce societal-scale risks from AI”.

Among the signatories was the “godfather of AI”, Geoffrey Hinton, who resigned from his Google job and warned of the dangers of AI technology.