Global leaders agree to launch first international network of AI Safety Institutes

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Global leaders agree to launch first international network of AI Safety Institutes
  • New agreement between 10 countries and the EU will help establish an international network of publicly backed AI Safety Institutes, after the UK launched the world’s first last year.
  • nations will forge a common understanding of AI safety and align their work on research, standards and testing.
  • newly signed Seoul Declaration sees leaders commit to work together to make sure AI advances human-wellbeing and helps to address world’s greatest challenges in a trustworthy and responsible way.

A new agreement between 10 countries plus the European Union, reached on 21 May at the AI Seoul Summit, has committed nations to work together to launch an international network to accelerate the advancement of the science of AI safety. 

The “Seoul Statement of Intent toward International Cooperation on AI Safety Science” will bring together the publicly backed institutions, similar to the UK’s AI Safety Institute, that have been created since the UK launched the world’s first at the inaugural AI Safety Summit – including those in the US, Japan and Singapore. 

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