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News coverage of the May 2024 Seoul AI Safety Summit, a key intergovernmental milestone in global AI governance following the 2023 Bletchley Declaration, relevant for tracking international policy coordination on frontier AI risks.
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Coverage of the AI Seoul Summit where 27 nations and the European Union committed to establishing 'red lines' defining unacceptable AI risks. The summit built on the Bletchley Declaration, advancing international coordination on frontier AI safety. Participating governments agreed to identify specific behaviors or capabilities that would trigger intervention or prohibition.
Key Points
- •27 nations plus the EU agreed at the Seoul AI Summit to define explicit red lines on AI risk and unacceptable AI behaviors
- •The summit represented a continuation of international AI governance efforts started at the Bletchley Park AI Safety Summit in 2023
- •Participating governments committed to identifying threshold capabilities or harms that would necessitate regulatory intervention
- •The agreement signals growing multilateral consensus on the need for coordinated frontier AI oversight
- •Seoul Summit outcomes included both government and industry commitments to responsible AI development frameworks
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- [Sebastian Klovig Skelton,](https://www.techtarget.com/contributor/Sebastian-Klovig-Skelton) Data & ethics editor
Published: 22 May 2024 15:00
More than two dozen countries have committed to developing shared risk thresholds for frontier artificial intelligence (AI) models to limit their harmful impacts, as part of an agreement to promote safe, innovative and inclusive AI.
Signed on the second day of the AI Seoul Summit by 27 governments and the European Union (EU), the _Seoul ministerial statement for advancing AI safety, innovation and inclusivity_ sets out their commitment to deepening international cooperation on AI safety.
This will include collectively agreeing on risk thresholds where the risks posed by AI models or systems would be severe without appropriate mitigations; establishing interoperable risk management frameworks for AI in their respective jurisdictions; and promoting credible external evaluations of AI models.
On severe risks, the statement highlighted the potential of AI model capabilities that would allow the systems to evade human oversight, or act otherwise autonomously without explicit human approval or permission; as well as help non-state actors advance their development of chemical or biological weapons.
Noting “it is imperative to guard against the full spectrum of AI risks”, the statement added that AI safety institutes being set up around the world will be used to share best practice and evaluation data sets, as well as collaborate to establish interoperable safety testing guidelines.
“Criteria for assessing the risks posed by frontier AI models or systems may include consideration of capabilities, limitations and propensities, implemented safeguards, including robustness against malicious adversarial attacks and manipulation, foreseeable uses and misuses, deployment contexts, including the broader system into which an AI model may be integrated, reach, and other relevant risk factors,” it said.
However, while the statement lacked specificity, it did affirm [the signatories’ commitment to the relevant international laws](https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366558712/AI-Summit-not-the-place-for-human-rights-says-French-finance-minister), including United Nations (UN) resolutions and international human rights.
### The full list of signatories
- Australia
- Canada
- Chile
- France
- Germany
- India
- Indonesia
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Kenya
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- Nigeria
- New Zealand
- The Philippines
- Republic of Korea
- Rwanda
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- Spain
- Switzerland
- Türkiye
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- European Union
UK digital secretary Michelle Donelan said the agreeme
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