Nations sign declaration on AI in UK; recognise some risks as ‘catastrophic’

India, China, USA, UK and 24 other nations along with the European Union have recognised that some risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI) could be catastrophic..

The signatories of the Bletchley Declaration have resolved to work together in an inclusive manner to ensure human-centric, trustworthy and responsible AI that is safe at the UKs AI Safety Summit.P)..

[T]he protection of human rights, transparency and explainability, fairness, accountability, regulation, safety, appropriate human oversight, ethics, bias mitigation, privacy and data protection needs to be addressed, the declaration says..

When it comes to addressing risks related to frontier AI, that is, the most advanced and cutting-edge AI, the agenda will focus on identifying and addressing AI safety risks of shared concern and building risk-based policies across countries that would include transparency by private actors developing frontier AI, and tools for safety testing..

We look at AI and indeed technology in general through the prism of openness, safety, trust and accountability, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the Indian minister of state for electronics and information technology, said at the summit..

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