2023 ⟶ First Global AI Safety Summit Held in Bletchley Park
In November 2023, the first global AI Safety Summit was held...
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🤝 First Global AI Safety Summit Held in Bletchley Park
In November 2023, the first global AI Safety Summit was held in Bletchley Park in the UK to discuss the near and far term risks of AI and the possibility of mandatory and voluntary regulatory frameworks. 28 countries including the United States, China, and the European Union issued a declaration at the start of the summit, calling for international co-operation to manage the challenges and risks of artificial intelligence.⟶
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China🛑 Tech Leaders Call for a Halt to AI Development
On March 29, 2023, a petition of over 1,000 signatures is signed by Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak and other tech leaders, calling for a 6-month halt to what the petition refers to as "an out-of-control race" producing AI systems that its creators can not "understand, predict, or reliably control".⟶
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🌍 Statement on AI Risk Signed by Prominent Figures
In the last week of May 2023, a Statement on AI Risk is signed by Geoffrey Hinton, Sam Altman, Bill Gates, and many other prominent AI researchers and tech leaders with the following succinct message: "Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war."⟶
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🏛️ US Senate Holds AI Insight Forum
On September 13, 2023, in a serious response to growing anxiety about the dangers of AI, the US Senate holds the inaugural bipartisan "AI Insight Forum", bringing together senators, CEOs, civil rights leaders and other industry reps, to further familiarize senators with the nature of AI and its risks, and to discuss needed safeguards and legislation. The event is organized by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and is chaired by U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Founder and co-chair of the Senate AI Caucus. Reflecting the importance of the meeting, the forum is attended by over 60 senators, as well as Elon Musk (Tesla CEO), Mark Zuckerberg (Meta CEO), Sam Altman (OpenAI CEO), Sundar Pichai (Alphabet CEO), Bill Gates (Microsoft co-founder), Satya Nadella (Microsoft CEO), Jensen Huang (Nvidia CEO), Arvind Krishna (IBM CEO), Alex Karp (Palantir CEO), Charles Rivkin (chairman and CEO of the MPA), Meredith Stiehm (president of the Writers Guild of America West), Liz Shuler (AFL-CIO President), and Maya Wiley (CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights), among others.⟶
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United States✍️ US President Signs Executive Order on AI
On October 30, 2023, US President Biden signed the Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.⟶
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United States🌍 France Hosts AI Action Summit; Declaration on 'Inclusive and Sustainable' AI
On February 10 and 11, France hosts the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit. 61 countries, including China, India, Japan, France and Canada, sign a declaration on "inclusive and sustainable" AI, which the UK and US refused to sign.⟶
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