Prime Minister calls for global responsibility to take AI risks seriously and seize its opportunities.
M2 PRESSWIRE-October 26, 2023-: Prime Minister calls for global responsibility to take AI risks seriously and seize its opportunities
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UK Government officially publishes report on capabilities and risks from frontier AI for the first time, drawing on sources including intelligence assessments.
Government releases a discussion paper on the risks of AI
- UK Government officially publishes report on capabilities and risks from frontier AI for the first time, drawing on sources including intelligence assessments.
- This will inform discussions at next week's AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park, which aims to build a shared global understanding of the risks posed by frontier AI.
- Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will today give a speech on how we have a global responsibility to understand and address the risks surrounding AI, in order to realise all its benefits and opportunities for future generations.
A new paper into the capabilities and risks from frontier AI has been published for the first time by the UK Government today (Thursday 26 October), as the Prime Minister is set to give a speech on the global responsibility to address the risks head on and make the most of the opportunities AI can bring.
There are a range of views in the scientific, expert and global communities about the risks in relation to the rapid progress in frontier AI, which is expected to continue to evolve in the coming years at rapid speed. The report published today draws on various sources, including UK intelligence assessments.
One of the key objectives of the AI Safety Summit - the first ever global summit to discuss AI safety - is to come to a shared understanding on the emerging risks, which can then inform how nations manage them. It also highlights the need for countries around the world to understand the pitfalls presented by frontier AI to unlock its enormous benefits.
The publication will serve as a discussion paper at next week's summit. It forms part of the UK Government's action to take long-term decisions for a brighter future, leading the way globally on AI safety. It is in the long-term interest of the country to understand and grip the risks of AI in order to seize the enormous opportunities it brings to improve people's lives, public services and economic growth and productivity.
The publication comes ahead of a speech by the Prime Minister today on AI. He will set out how the UK Government will do what is right...
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