British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said he intends to raise the issue of AI risks at the upcoming G7 summit in Hiroshima. The Guardian reports this.
According to the prime minister, artificial intelligence can be beneficial and transformative for society. However, the technology must be deployed “safely and reliably with safeguards in place.”
He also expressed confidence in the need for a global approach to regulation.
“Technology is developing rapidly, and we want to ensure that our regulation can develop just as quickly,” he said.
The prime minister said he would coordinate efforts with allies and expects a number of talks on this topic:
“I think the United Kingdom is leading and bringing people together, especially on the regulation of internet technology. … The companies themselves have worked with us and hoped that we would provide these guardrails, as they do or have done in the AI space.”
The United States also pressed for discussion of AI at the Hiroshima summit. Leaders focused on the threat from misinformation given the rapid development of tools such as ChatGPT.
Sunak said he is not in favour of a moratorium on AI development.
In May, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority launched an investigation into the AI industry.
In April, Sunak announced the allocation of £100 million ($125 million) to spur the development of ‘sovereign AI’.
In March, hundreds of experts signed a letter calling for pausing the development of large language models for six months.