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Rishi Sunak has announced that the international summit on artificial intelligence (AI) safety he is planning to host will take place in November at Bletchley Park, the site of the WW2 intelligence centre where the Enigma code was broken.
In a statement announcing the move, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology said:
The major global event will take place on the 1st and 2nd November to consider the risks of AI, especially at the frontier of development, and discuss how they can be mitigated through internationally coordinated action. Frontier AI models hold enormous potential to power economic growth, drive scientific progress and wider public benefits, while also posing potential safety risks if not developed responsibly.
To be hosted at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire, a significant location in the history of computer science development and once the home of British Enigma codebreaking – it will see coordinated action to agree a set of rapid, targeted measures for furthering safety in global AI use.
The technology employs over 50,000 people, directly supports one of the prime minister’s five priorities by contributing £3.7bn to the economy, and is the birthplace of leading AI companies such as Google DeepMind. It has also invested more on AI safety research than any other nation, backing the creation of the Foundation Model Taskforce with an initial £100m.
