Rishi Sunak set for talks with Elon Musk in No 10 as PM hails ‘landmark’ summit achievement

Elon Musk will head to No 10 for talks with Rishi Sunak after the PM’s AI security summit ends formally right now. 

Musk, the billionaire proprietor of SpaceX and Tesla, is within the UK for the occasion at Bletchley Park and he’s certainly one of a number of influential figures warning of the hazards of synthetic intelligence. 

It comes as Rishi Sunak will right now be a part of world leaders for an additional joint assertion on learn how to head off probably the most excessive AI dangers. Yesterday, 28 international locations together with 15 members of the G20 signed the “Bletchley declaration” on the summit’s first day, which reads: “Substantial dangers might come up from potential intentional misuse or unintended problems with management regarding alignment with human intent. These points are partially as a result of these capabilities aren’t totally understood and are subsequently laborious to foretell.”

The prime minister hailed the settlement as a “landmark achievement”.

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The summit, which closes later right now, can be adopted by a live-streamed dialogue with Rishi Sunak and Elon Musk on X (previously Twitter). It should happen in No 10 Downing Avenue. 

The UK PM is not going to be the primary politician Musk has hosted on the platform — as X was the discussion board of selection for Florida governor Ron DeSantis to launch his US presidential bid. 

On the summit, Musk mentioned AI was “one of many largest threats to humanity” as a result of it might quickly turn out to be “far smarter than the neatest human”. 

He added: “It’s not clear to me we will truly management such a factor, however I believe we will aspire to information it in a path that’s helpful to humanity.”

In a video deal with to the Bletchley Park summit, yesterday, King Charles mentioned: “The speedy rise of highly effective synthetic intelligence is taken into account by lots of the best thinkers of our age no much less important, no much less necessary than the invention of electrical energy, the splitting of the atom, the creation of the world broad net and even the harnessing of fireside.”

He added: “AI continues to advance with ever better velocity in the direction of fashions that some predict might surpass human skills, even human understanding. There’s a clear crucial to make sure that this quickly evolving know-how stays protected and safe.”

In the meantime, US Vice President Kamala Harris warned of dangers together with cyber assaults and bio-weapons, whereas additionally pointing to extra on a regular basis risks resembling disinformation.

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