AI Safety Summit

Context: The AI Safety Summit hosted by PM Rishi Sunak at Bletchley Park, UK came to an end with the signing of the Bletchley Declaration.

About the Summit:

• It is a two day event hosted by UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
• It aims to:
  • Consider the risks of AI, especially at the frontier of development; and
  • Discuss mitigation measures through coordinated action at the international level.
• Venue: Bletchley Park.
• It brought together international governments, leading AI companies, civil society groups and experts in research to consider the risks of AI.
• Frontier AI models hold enormous potential to power economic growth and drive scientific progress while also posing potential safety risks if not developed responsibly.

 Bletchley Park: It is a significant location in the history of computer science development and once the top-secret base of the codebreakers who cracked the German ‘Enigma’ code and hastened the end of World War II.

The Bletchley Declaration on AI Safety

• The AI Safety Summit ended with the Bletchley Declaration signed by 28 countries including India.
• It aims at global cooperation in the safe development and deployment of AI.
• It is a first of its kind declaration offering a snapshot of the global understanding of AI’s risks and opportunities.
• It highlights the importance of safeguarding human rights, transparency, fairness, accountability, bias mitigation and data protection through global cooperation.