Things to know about an AI safety summit in Seoul

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunk, center, speaks during a plenary session at the Al Safety Summit at Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes, England, on Nov 2, 2023. South Korea is set to host a mini-summit this week on risks and regulation of artificial intelligence, following up on an inaugural Al safety meeting in Britain in 2023 that drew a diverse crowd of tech luminaries, researchers and officials. — AP

SEOUL: South Korea is set to host a mini-summit this week on risks and regulation of artificial intelligence, following up on an inaugural AI safety meeting in Britain last year that drew a diverse crowd of tech luminaries, researchers and officials.

The gathering in Seoul aims to build on work started at the UK meeting on reining in threats posed by cutting edge artificial intelligence systems.