Bletchley AI Safety Summit: 28 countries and the EU sign a declaration on frontier AI risks
In one sentence November 1-2, 2023: at the first AI Safety Summit, at Bletchley Park, 28 countries plus the European Union sign the Bletchley Declaration, acknowledging the potential for serious, even catastrophic, harm from frontier AI. During the summit the UK and the US announce their respective AI Safety Institutes.
On November 1-2, 2023 the British government hosted the first international summit on AI safety at Bletchley Park, where German codes were broken during World War II.
The main outcome is the Bletchley Declaration, signed by 28 countries and the European Union: among them the United States, China, India, Japan, Brazil, Italy, France and Germany. It is not a binding treaty but a political agreement: it acknowledges that the most advanced ("frontier") AI models can cause serious, even catastrophic, harm, whether deliberate or accidental, and that shared cooperation and safety research are needed. The signatories commit to meet again in 2024.
Two concrete bodies also came out of the summit: the UK announced its AI Safety Institute, tasked with testing new models before and after release, and the US announced a similar institute at NIST.
The most notable fact is that countries with often opposing positions, China included, signed the same document.
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- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-safety-summit-2023-the-bletchley-declaration
- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-safety-summit-2023-the-bletchley-declaration/the-bletchley-declaration-by-countries-attending-the-ai-safety-summit-1-2-november-2023
- https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/ai-safety-summit-2023
- https://www.govinfosecurity.com/us-to-set-up-new-ai-safety-institute-a-23460