The UK AI Safety Summit, attended by global leaders, kicked off with remarks from China and Musk.
The UK's Global Artificial Intelligence Security Summit Starting November 1 and running through November 2, government officials and leading AI companies from around the world, including the United States and China, will attend. .
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is hosting the event at Bletchley Park, 55 miles north of London. It comes at the end of a year of rapid advances in the widespread use and accessibility of AI models, following the emergence of OpenAI's popular chatbot ChatGPT.
Who is at the meeting?
About 100 guests are expected to attend the AI Security Summit, including Microsoft President Brad Smith, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Google and DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, Meta AI CEO Yan Lekun and President. Global affairs Nick Clegg and billionaire Elon Musk.
At the governmental level, international leaders from 27 countries are expected to participate, including United States Vice President Kamala Harris, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
The United Kingdom extended the invitation to China, a major competitor for Western governments and in the development of AI. China's Vice Minister of Science and Technology Wu Zhaohui will participate with companies Alibaba and Tencent.
Proceedings of the first meeting
The main objective of the two-day summit is to foster dialogue and collaboration among a dynamic global audience, with a focus on “frontier AI models” to shape the future of AI. These are defined as versatile AI models that are capable of equaling or exceeding the capabilities of existing models.
The first day featured several roundtable discussions on integrating AI into society for global security concerns and frontiers. “AI for good” was also discussed on the opportunities presented to transform education.
The “Bletchley Statement” and the US AI Safety Institute
During the conference, Britain published the “Bletchley Declaration”, which serves as an agreement to increase international cooperation efforts on AI security. Twenty-eight countries, including the US and China, are signatories to the EU.
In a separate statement from the British government regarding the statement:
“The statement addresses the main goals of establishing a common understanding and responsibility for international cooperation on the risks, opportunities and frontiers of AI security and research, particularly in advanced scientific cooperation.
Other countries that supported the declaration were Brazil, France, India, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates.
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In addition, US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said the US plans to create its own AI Safety Institute to focus on the risks of border models.
Raimondo said she would “definitely” invite a wider audience “in academia and industry” to get involved in the initiative. She also suggested a formal partnership with the UK Safety Institute.
Musk calls the assembly a “judge.”
Musk is a prominent voice in the AI space, owner of social media platform X (formerly Twitter) and CEO of both SpaceX and Tesla. He has already participated in talks with international regulators on the subject.
At the AI Security Summit in the UK on November 1, the conference said it wanted to create a “third-party referee” to monitor AI development and warn of any threats.
Musk said, according to Reuters.
What we're really looking for here is at least a third-party judge, an independent judge, who can observe what the leading AI companies are doing and at least establish an awareness framework to sound the alarm if there is a threat. He said.
He also said that before there is “monitoring”, there must be “discernment” when world leaders issue any order. “I think there's a lot of concern among people in the AI field that the government will jump the gun on regulations before they know what to do,” Musk said.
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China has said it is ready to strengthen relations.
China's Vice Minister of Science and Technology Zhaohui emphasized that everyone has the right to develop and deploy AI.
“We adhere to the principles of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit. Countries, regardless of their size and scope, have an equal right to develop and use AI,” he said.
“We call for international cooperation to share AI knowledge and make AI technologies available to the public under open source terms.”
China is willing to increase “our dialogue and communication on AI security” with “all sides,” he said. These comments come as China and many Western countries, especially the US, race to create the most advanced technology on the market.
According to British Prime Minister and Technology Secretary Michelle Donnellan, the conference will continue until the last day, November 2.
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