SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) — South Korea and Britain will jointly host an artificial intelligence (AI) summit in Seoul next week, the science ministry here said Friday.
As a follow-up to the AI Safety Summit held in England last November, the AI Seoul Summit will kick off Tuesday with leaders of major countries and global tech firms attending, according to the Ministry of Science and ICT.
It will comprise of the leaders’ session, which will be themed on “building on the AI Safety Summit: towards and innovative and inclusive future,” and the ministers’ session, where AI safety and sustainable development of AI will be discussed.
In detail, government, industry and academic officials from 19 countries plan to attend the ministers’ session to discuss global cooperation on AI safety and discuss measures to respond to possible risks involving AI in the future, such as massive energy consumption, according to the ministry.
On the second day, the AI Global Forum will also take place, solely hosted by the South Korean government as proposed by President Yoon Suk Yeol during his keynote address to the U.N. General Assembly last year to launch a new AI global governance structure.
“The AI Seoul Summit plans to propose safety, innovation and inclusiveness as three goals of AI governance to international society,” Song Sang-hoon, deputy minister of the office of ICT policy at the science ministry, said, noting the event will help the country reflect its AI and digital vision in the global initiative.
A file photo of the AI Safety Summit held in Bletchley Park in central England on Nov. 2, 2023, provided by Xinhua News Agency (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
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