Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, India's Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, inked a world-first agreement at Bletchley Park, a historic British monument. The agreement creates a clear understanding of the potential and hazards provided by frontier Artificial Intelligence (AI), as well as the need of governments working together to address the most important concerns.

 

According to a British High Commission report, India, together with 27 other nations from around the world, including Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, as well as the EU, have agreed on the importance of understanding and, as an international community, “collectively manage potential risks through a new joint global effort to ensure AI is developed and deployed in a safe, responsible way for the benefit of the global community”.

 

Some of the countries who are publicly endorsing the Declaration include India, Brazil, France, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates. The declaration comes after 2 days of talk between world leaders and prominent figures in the AI industry during an AI safety summit in the UK, as per ANI.

 

The countries in attendance agreed that substantial risks may arise from the intentional misuse or unintended issues of control of frontier AI. A particular sentiment focused on the concerns surrounding cybersecurity, biotechnology and disinformation risks. The declaration sets out an agreement that there is “potential for serious, even catastrophic, harm, either deliberate or unintentional, stemming from the most significant capabilities of these AI models.”

 

Today, more discussions were conducted with prominent frontier AI businesses and experts from academia and civic society, including Elon Musk and Sam Altman (founder of Microsoft-backed OpenAI).