UK prepares to host global leaders’ gathering on AI


The most advanced generation of AI models, so-called frontier AI has prompted concerns around everything from job losses and cyber attacks to humankind losing control of the systems they have designed. — AFP Relaxnews

LONDON: The UK government will welcome foreign political leaders, tech industry figures, academics and others this week for a two-day summit billed as the first of its kind on artificial intelligence (AI).

The gathering, set to be attended by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, US Vice President Kamala Harris, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, will focus on growing fears about the implications of so-called frontier AI.

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