A two-day international summit aimed at crafting a new agreement to develop and promote the positive aspects of artificial intelligence will open Tuesday in South Korea.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will address representatives of the world’s major economies by virtual conference in their roles as co-hosts of the AI Seoul Summit.
The summit’s website says the participants will aim for an agreement on three key components – safety, innovation, and inclusivity.
The leaders of the world’s seven largest democracies, including the U.S, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Britain, have been invited to the opening summit, along with the leaders of Australia and Singapore.
South Korea’s presidential office says China will send a representative to the in-person ministerial summit that will convene Wednesday.
The AI Seoul Summit comes six months after representatives from nearly 30 countries met at the first AI Safety Summit in Britain’s iconic Bletchley Park and pledged to cooperate on mitigating the risks posed by artificial intelligence. Bletchley Park was the base of Britain’s legendary program to break the secret codes of the Nazi armed forces during World War II.
Some information for this report came from The Associated Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse.
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