Governments around the world are under pressure to act quickly to mitigate the risks.
Hiroshima:
G7 leaders said on Saturday that the world urgently needs to assess the impact of generative artificial intelligence, announcing that they will start discussing the “responsible” use of the technology this year.
In a final communiqué released during the summit in Hiroshima, the seven major countries said working groups would be set up to tackle issues ranging from copyright to disinformation.
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“We recognize the need to immediately assess the opportunities and challenges of generative AI, which are becoming increasingly prominent across countries and sectors,” the G7 statement said.
“We task relevant ministers through the G7 working group in a comprehensive manner … to establish the Hiroshima AI Process for discussion on generative AI by the end of this year,” he said.
“Such discussions could include topics such as governance, protecting intellectual property rights, including copyright, promoting transparency, dealing with foreign manipulation, including disinformation, and responsible use of these technologies. have a nature.”
The new working group will be organized in collaboration with the OECD Developed Countries Group and the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI), the statement added.
On Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified before a U.S. Senate committee, urging Congress to impose new rules on big tech companies.
He argued that his company’s generative AI would one day “address some of humanity’s greatest challenges, such as climate change and cancer treatments.”
But “we believe government regulatory intervention will be important to de-risk an increasingly powerful model,” he said.
MEPs also took the first steps towards EU-wide regulation of ChatGPT and other AI systems this month.
The document is set to be adopted next month ahead of final law negotiations with EU member states and will be presented to the plenary.
“While rapid technological change is strengthening societies and economies, international governance of new digital technologies has not necessarily caught up,” the G7 said.
As for other emerging technologies, including AI and the immersive metaverse, “the governance of the digital economy needs to continue to be updated in line with our shared democratic values,” the group said.
These values include, among others, fairness, respect for privacy, and “protection against online harassment, hatred and abuse,” he added.
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