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  • Nov 02, 2023
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World’s first-ever Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety Summit- Bletchley Declaration

Why in the news?

India along with 27 countries signed the world’s first agreement to contain risks associated with artificial intelligence.

  • The declaration gave a new concept of ‘Frontier AI’.
  • A pioneering agreement pledges to work together to assess the risks associated with artificial intelligence.
  • The declaration is a landmark achievement that sees the world’s greatest AI powers agree on the urgency behind understanding the risks of the technology which will help in ensuring the long-term future of our children and grandchildren.
  • Twenty-eight major countries including the United States, China, Japan, the United Kingdom, France, and India, and the European Union agreed to sign on a declaration saying global action is needed to tackle the potential risks of AI.

What is ‘Frontier AI’?

  • “Frontier AI” is defined as highly capable foundation generative AI models that could possess dangerous capabilities that can pose severe risks to public safety.
  • This incorporates an acknowledgment of the substantial risks from potential intentional misuse or unintended issues of control of frontier AI — especially cybersecurity, biotechnology, and disinformation risks, according to the UK government, the summit host.

About Bletchley

Bletchley is a Park in Buckinghamshire near London that was once the top-secret base of the codebreakers who cracked the German ‘Enigma Code’ that hastened the end of World War II. This symbolism was evidently a reason why it was chosen to host the world’s first-ever Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety Summit.