Leading AI firms pledge ‘responsible’ tech development

Leading AI firms pledge ‘responsible’ tech development

Sub: Science and tech

Sec: Awareness in IT and computer

Context:

• More than a dozen of the world’s leading artificial intelligence firms pledged at a global summit to develop and use their technology safely.

Key highlights:

• Sixteen companies involved in AI including Alphabet’s Google, Meta, Microsoft and OpenAI, as well as companies from China, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates have committed to safe development of the technology.
• Both South Korea and Britain hosted a global AI summit in Seoul.
• The agreement is a step up from the number of commitments at the first global AI summit held six months ago.
• Countries such as the UK and U.S. establishing state-backed AI Safety Institutes for evaluating AI models.

Global AI summit, Seoul:

• The artificial intelligence (AI) summit in Seoul aims to build on a broad agreement at the first summit held in the United Kingdom to better address a wider array of risks.
• The AI Summit Seoul is a leading technology and business-focused global conference that shares knowledge on the intersection between AI technology and business models for key players in the industry.
• Representatives of the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies are expected to take part in the virtual summit.
• China will not participate in the virtual summit but is expected to attend Wednesday’s in-person ministerial session.

About Bletchley Declaration:

• The Declaration signifies a collective commitment to proactively manage potential risks associated with so-called “frontier AI” (i.e., highly capable general-purpose AI models) to ensure such models are developed and deployed in a safe and responsible way.
• The Bletchley Declaration, signed in November 2023 by 28 countries — including the United States, India, and China — and the European Union, aimed to boost global cooperation to promote inclusive economic growth, sustainable development and innovation, to protect human rights and fundamental freedoms.

About Seoul AI business Pledge:

• The Seoul AI Business Pledge enhances globally coordinated efforts to address artificial intelligence (AI) safety, with leading AI developers including BSA members as signatories.
• The pledge builds upon the Hiroshima AI Process and work by the United Nations, and is rooted in shared values, including the need to ensure widespread and inclusive access to the benefits of responsible AI.