Virtual Summit and Digital Ministers' Face-to-Face Meeting
Joint Effort for Responsible and Safe AI Development
Lee Jong-ho "Hope to Strengthen Global AI Cooperation"
The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Summit jointly hosted by the governments of South Korea and the United Kingdom will be held over two days, from the 21st to the 22nd of next month.
This meeting is a follow-up to the 'AI Safety Summit' held last November at Bletchley Park in the UK. Participating countries have agreed to hold summits every six months to keep pace with the rapid changes in the AI ecosystem.
The summit is expected to serve as a platform where major countries and private sectors, including big tech companies, collaborate to recognize the potential risks of AI and promote responsible AI technology development.
◆ Summit Name: 'Mini → Safety → Seoul' = AI technology is developing unpredictably and rapidly, impacting all areas of industry and daily life.
This summit aims to establish a kind of safety mechanism for AI technology development and utilization. Concerns include not only cyber hacking and the spread of misinformation but also the potential use of AI in terrorism, crime, and warfare.
South Korea and the UK have named this summit the 'AI Seoul Summit.'
Initially, it was referred to as the 'mini virtual summit,' and the Ministry of Science and ICT also named it the 'AI Safety Meeting.'
On the first day of the event held in Seoul (the 21st), heads of state from various countries will meet virtually, and on the second day (the 22nd), digital ministers will hold an in-person meeting. A third AI safety event, scheduled to take place in France at the end of this year, will feature an in-person summit.
◆ "Let's Make AI Safe" Strengthening International Cooperation = On the 21st of next month, a virtual summit co-chaired by President Yoon Suk-yeol and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will be held. Some AI industry figures will also be invited to review the issues discussed at the first AI safety summit held last year.
At that time, representatives and companies from 28 countries, including South Korea, the United States, and China, announced the 'Bletchley Declaration' to mitigate potential risks associated with AI technology. The Bletchley Declaration includes a commitment for countries to jointly strive to develop and use AI technology responsibly and safely.
Prominent figures such as Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla; Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI; and Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind, also participated in the first meeting.
Minister Lee Jong-ho of the Ministry of Science and ICT is delivering a welcoming speech at the 'AI Strategy Supreme Council Inaugural Ceremony and 1st Meeting' held at the FKI Tower in Yeouido, Seoul. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@
On the 22nd of next month, an in-person meeting of digital ministers co-hosted by Minister Lee Jong-ho of the Ministry of Science and ICT and Minister Michelle Donelan of the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology will take place. Governments, AI companies, academia, and civil society from around the world are expected to continue advancing the global AI safety agenda.
Minister Lee stated, "I hope the AI Seoul Summit will be an opportunity to strengthen global cooperation not only on AI safety but also on AI innovation and inclusion, and to promote sustainable AI development."
Minister Donelan said, "If governments and diverse voices continue to make efforts, we will be able to find ways to realize the potential of technology safely and responsibly. I look forward to this summit held in South Korea, a country with a rich history of technological innovation."
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