Rishi Sunak announces agreement with tech firms to vet AI models before release

Rishi Sunak has said Britain’s artificial intelligence safety summit will “tip the balance in favour of humanity” after reaching an agreement with technology firms to vet their models before their release.

Asked whether the non-binding agreement reached with tech firms was enough to mitigate risks without the backing of legislation, Mr Sunak replied: “The lesson is that we need to move quickly and that’s what we’re doing.“Now, before you start mandating things and legislating for things, I think… that takes time and we need to move faster, and we are, but secondly, you need to know exactly what you’re legislating for and that’s why our safety institute is so important.

The X owner, with whom the Prime Minister will hold a televised talk on the technology later, shared a cartoon image on his social media platform of animals appearing to depict representatives from the UK, EU, US and China at the summit, saying: “We declare that AI poses potentially a catastrophic risk to humankind and I cannot wait to develop it first.”

But he also said the achievement of the summit had been to bring together governments and leaders across the world to discuss mitigating the risks of the technology rather than “focus on one individual”. Asked about the possibility of a “Terminator scenario” – a reference to the Arnold Schwarzenegger film in which machines take over the world – she said: “Well, that is one potential area where it could lead but there are several stages before that.”

“But there is a case to believe that it may pose a risk on a scale like pandemics and nuclear war, and that’s why, as leaders, we have a responsibility to act to take the steps to protect people, and that’s exactly what we’re doing.”

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