Regulating AI with new bodies; The UN and UK signed up

By Gabriel Rico Albarran | June 15, 2023

Ion emergence Artificial intelligence through a system like GPT Chat And poethas inaugurated a new technological period that some experts consider advancing at an accelerated pace and requiring a pause or even a need to regulate it.

Such a sound Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak They ask to stop and reflect; this is added now Antonio GuterresThe UN Secretary General, with a proposal: to establish an international body tasked with overseeing the development of Artificial Intelligence.

For this purpose, great Britainespecially the prime minister, Rishi Sunakhas put its hand up to host the event.

The proposal may be inspired by what has happened in the nuclear field International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

The IAEA, based in Vienna, was founded in 1957 to promote and control nuclear energy and is part of the UN structure.

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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, in file photo.  EFE/Ali Haider
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, in file photo. EFE/Ali Haider

Regulating AI is the state’s job

Guterres has stated that this kind of initiative must come from Member States, “but I support the idea that we can have artificial intelligence agencyLet’s say it was inspired by the current International Atomic Energy Agency.

The Secretary General explained that the advantage of an organization like the IAEA is that it has a “very strong knowledge base” and at the same time has certain regulatory functions.

“I think this model could be very attractive,” said Guterres, highlighting the importance of the UN being “the center of all networks and movements” despite the fact that decisions rest in the hands of individual countries.

England raised his hand

That First world summit on Artificial Intelligencewhich aims to evaluate the risks and opportunities, will occur next fall.

The forum will bring together representatives from “key countries, leading technology companies and researchers to agree on security measures to monitor the most significant risks” posed by AI.

According to the EFE news agency, the British press confirmed that Sunak’s government will seek to establish the headquarters of the body responsible for regulating AI in London.

In late May, Sunak met with OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman, who has expressed his support for a watchdog similar to the IAEA that checks and certifies certain standards for the development of new technologies based on Artificial Intelligence.

Rishi Sunak Photo: @RishiSunak
Rishi Sunak, British Prime Minister. Photo: @RishiSunak

An unnamed member of the Government told “The Times” that the UK would be the “best place” to set up a global body, due to the presence of many of the sector’s leading companies in the country.

The US and UK reaffirmed the “Atlantic Declaration” and focused it on AI

President Joe Biden, along with his counterpart Rishi Sunak, renewed the economic alliance between the two countries in early June to adapt it to global conditions. Artificial intelligence However climate crisis.

Both leaders sign the call «Atlantic Declaration» in a meeting they held at the White House and provided details about its contents in a press conference.

Rishi Sunak and President Joe Biden met on June 8 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington DC
Rishi Sunak and President Joe Biden met on June 8 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington DC. EFE/Bonnie Cash

Gabriel Rico Albarrán, with information from EFE

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