WASHINGTON — Britain will host the world's first summit on artificial intelligence (AI) later this year, in a bid to broker a common approach by countries to limit the technology's potential doomsday risks while harnessing its potential, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Wednesday (June 7).
"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," Mr Sunak said in Washington ahead of White House talks with United States President Joe Biden on Thursday.
The summit is expected to take place in the autumn and will gather"like-minded countries" to shape a regulatory response, Mr Sunak's spokesman said, following a G7 call for action in Japan last month. But while post-Brexit Britain looks also to host a future world regulator for AI, the United States and European Union are already forging ahead with their own direct dialogue on the rapidly evolving technology."I think we should have confidence in our country being a leader when it comes to AI because that's what the facts demonstrate," he told the BBC in Washington.
At 43, Mr Sunak is nearly half the age of the 80-year-old Mr Biden – but he denied that the US president was out of touch with the new technology, after one UK advisor warned it could wipe out humanity within two years.
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