UK AI Safety Summit: Rajeev Chandrasekhar to bring India's perspective to conclave

Union Minister of State for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar will bring the Indian perspective on harnessing artificial intelligence for the benefit of citizens at the twoday UK AI Safety Summit which opened on WednesdayHosted by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire the home of modern computing where celebrated British mathematician Alan Turings team broke the Enigma code the summit is bringing together representatives from 27 countriesBesides businesses civil society and AI experts tech billionaire Elon Musk and OpenAIs Sam Altman will participate in the first global summit of its kind to discuss the global future of AI and its risksLook forward to discuss ways in which Artificial Intelligence can be harnessed to transform lives of citizens catalyse the Digital Economy while ensuring safety and trust of Digital Nagriks sic Chandrasekhar who is the Minister of State for Entrepreneurship Skill Development Electronics and Technology said in a post on XThe historic Bletchley Park venue has been chosen for its tech significance as the base where the Enigma code was cracked to turn the tide of World War II in favour of BritainOn day one of the summit UK Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan set out the UK governments vision for safety and security to be at the heart of advances in AI in order to enable the enormous opportunities it will bringIt follows Sunaks big push to pitch the UK as a leader in examining and testing new types of AI announcing Britain as the headquarters of the worlds first AI Safety Institute He will be joining world leaders on Thursday for closeddoor roundtables and discussionsOn Day 2 Ill be joining world representatives and business leaders to drive these important talks forward Well be discussing what the next five years looks like for AI and the action well need to take to ensure its developed safely both in the short and long term said SunakUsed in the right way AI could dwarf anything any of us have achieved in a generation Its why I want to seize every opportunity for our country to benefit in the way Im so convinced that it can And its why I believe we can look to the future with optimism and hope he saidThe aims of the summit have been set out as agreeing on the risks of AI to inform managing them better international collaboration and looking at how safe AI can be used for good globallySunak is also set for an inconversation session with X Corp chief Elon Musk at the end of the summit on ThursdayVicePresident Kamala Harris is representing the US with countries such as France Germany Italy Japan and China sending in representatives There has been some media criticism over the lack of senior leadership from participating countries and also some questions over Chinese participationAI is already an extraordinary force for good in our society with limitless opportunity to grow the global economy deliver better public services and tackle some of the worlds biggest challenges But the risks posed by frontier AI are serious and substantive and it is critical that we work together both across sectors and countries to recognise these risks said Donelan as she flagged off the summitThis summit provides an opportunity for us to ensure we have the right people with the right expertise gathered around the table to discuss how we can mitigate these risks moving forward Only then will we be able to truly reap the benefits of this transformative technology in a responsible manner she saidThe minister is joined by members of the UKs Frontier AI Taskforce which was launched earlier this year to evaluate the risks of AI models at the very cusp of the latest and most powerful systems using artificial intelligence capabilitiesDiscussions will also look at what national policymakers the international community and scientists and researchers can do to manage the risks and harness the opportunities of AI to deliver economic and social benefits around the worldThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever