South Korea and Britain kick off a major international summit on artificial intelligence in Seoul this week, where governments plan to press tech firms on AI safety.
South Korea and Britain kick off a major international summit on artificial intelligence in Seoul this week, where governments plan to press
"As with any new technology, AI brings new risks, including deliberate misuse from those who mean to do us harm," South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Monday in a joint article."However, with new models being released almost every week, we are still learning where these risks may emerge," they said in the piece, published by the South Korean daily JoongAng Ilbo and Britain's i newspaper.
"We will also take the next steps on shaping the global standards that will avoid a race to the bottom." However, a group of six South Korean civil society organisations, including the prominent Peoples Solidarity for Participatory Democracy, criticised the summit's organisers for not including more developing nations.
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