Bloomberg— Leaders at the G20 summit discussed how to harness artificial intelligence for economic development while protecting human rights, and some are calling for global oversight of this rapidly developing technology.

G20 host Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the group must create a “human-centric” AI governance framework.while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen suggested the creation of a monitoring body similar to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

“This shows that even the creators and inventors of artificial intelligence are asking political leaders to regulate it,” he said at the G-20 session in New Delhi on Sunday.

German Economy Minister Christian Lindner also commented, saying the bloc would address AI ethics in common standards. “This is a process that starts now, also at the expert level, and will be deepened next year,” he said on the sidelines of the summit.

In their final statement, G-20 leaders said they would work to ensure the “responsible development, implementation and use of AI.”, which protects rights, transparency, privacy and data protection and avoids other problems. They also agreed to adopt an “innovation-friendly regulatory/governance approach” that maximizes the benefits of AI but takes into account the risks associated with it.

The statement follows an agreement on the need for governance reached by the leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) developed countries, who in May expressed concern about the risks of the technology. Meeting in Japan, they launched the “Hiroshima Process” to hold cabinet-level discussions on the issue and present the results at the end of the year.

AI is also expected to be one of the central themes of Italy’s G-7 presidency in 2024. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Modi discussed coordination at the G-20 this weekend, according to his office.

The UK will host the first global summit on Artificial Intelligence on November 1 and 2. Sunak is seeking to make the UK at the forefront of this technology, which has potential benefits – such as speeding up medical diagnoses and reducing transport emissions – but also risks being used for nefarious purposes, such as rigging elections and spreading false information.

US President Joe Biden and other G-7 leaders, along with technology chiefs such as OpenAI chief Sam Altman, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, are expected to attend and DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis will be invited to the summit in the UK, Bloomberg previously report.

–With the collaboration of Alberto Nardelli, Jorge Valero and Michael Nienaber.

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