A few days ago the United Kingdom was the epicenter of an unprecedented summit, which brought together prominent government and technology leaders, including the billionaire Elon Musk and the vice president of the United States, Kamala Harris.
The goal of this historic event was to address the potential risks that come with the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence and find ways to mitigate them.
Thus, representatives from 28 countries and the European Unionprominent leaders from around the world in technology, civil society and academia gathered in Great Britain to participate in the UK AI Safety Summit.
Who attended the AI Safety Summit?
Between the more than 100 attendees At the planetary event, one of the most prominent was the billionaire Elon Musk. In addition to him, renowned figures such as Demis HassabisCEO of Google DeepMind, Sam Altmanleader of OpenAI, Dario AmodeiCEO and co-founder of Anthropic, as well as Alex Karp from Palantir, Aidan Gomez of Cohere and Emad Mostaque from Stability AI.
Large technology companies were also present, with Brad Smithhead of policy at Microsoft, James Manyikadirector of technology and society at Google, Yann LeCunone of the “godfathers” of modern AI and Nick Cleggformer deputy prime minister of the United Kingdom, in representation of Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta.
Likewise, renowned academics participated, among whom stand out Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengiowho complete the “triad” of AI godfathers, and experts such as Stuart Russellas well as representatives of institutions specialized in the study of AI risks, including the Future of Life Institute and the Alan Turing Institute.
Regarding the attendance of government leaders, he highlighted Giorgia Meloni from Italy, Ursula von der LeyenPresident of the European Commission, Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, and the Secretary General of the UN, Antonio Guterres.
In any case, many heads of government sent their own delegates to represent and countries such as China, Canada, France and Germany They participated by sending officials of various levels and categories. For example, China’s Vice Minister of Science and Technology Wu Zhaohui attended along with companies Alibaba and Tencent.
The vice president Kamala Harris She was the representative of the United States and gave a policy speech in London, laying out the US administration’s future vision for AI.
First AI Safety Summit
This event took place in Bletchley ParkMilton Keynes, a place of great historical relevance since the Nazi codes were deciphered there during the Second World War.
The summit addressed specific threats from AI, including its misuse, risks to biosecurity and cybersecurity, integration into society, and possible scenarios if control over AI is lost.
Despite the limited attendance of government leaders, this summit was the starting point for the global debate on the future of AI and its regulations.