UK AI Safety Summit Receives Support from Tech Giants

The UK government has announced plans to host a global summit in the autumn with the aim of agreeing safety measures to evaluate and monitor the most significant risks from AI. Prime minister Rishi Sunak is scheduled to meet with President Biden on Tuesday to discuss topics such as AI and press for joint leadership on the technology. The summit is set to bring together key countries, leading tech companies and researchers to discuss the risks of AI, including frontier systems, and how they can be mitigated. Tech giants including Google DeepMind, Palantir and Faculty have praised the summit plan via supporting statements from senior executives. The UK is hoping to position itself as the AI industry’s partner and use the summit to strengthen its relationship with the US on aligning AI rules. The announcement follows a recent meeting with AI executives where the government discussed the risks of AI and its potential AI regulations. The UK government’s decision to host a separate global summit may hinder existing international efforts to agree on effective AI regulations.