The prime minister would have been pleased with last week’s artificial intelligence (AI) safety summit. The optimism of the summit – and optimistic coverage – was not a foregone conclusionA successful summit was by no means a foregone conclusion. South Korea will host another summit in the first half of 2024; France a year from now. Current voluntary arrangements for research into emerging AI models could quickly morph into regulatory requirements in the USA and Europe. The AI summit has successfully brokered a global governmental conversation about risks and rules, for which Sunak – and the UK – deserve credit.

Source: The Guardian November 08, 2023 00:36 UTC