- South Korean Minister of Science and ICT Lee Jong-Ho expressed the need for global cooperation for the successful development of AI.
- Lee said cooperation is key and hopes future summits will focus more on collaboration regarding AI security institutes.
- The Seoul summit, co-hosted with Britain, addressed concerns including job security, copyright and inequality.
South Korea’s minister of science and information technology said on Wednesday that the world must cooperate to ensure the successful development of AI, following a global summit on rapid technological developments hosted by his country.
The AI summit in Seoul, co-hosted with Britain, addressed concerns including job security, copyright and inequality on Wednesday, after 16 tech companies signed on a day sooner a voluntary agreement to develop AI safely.
A separate pledge was signed Wednesday by 14 companies, including Alphabet’s Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and six Korean companies, to use methods such as watermarking to help identify AI-generated content, as well as ensure job creation and support for socially vulnerable groups.
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“Cooperation is not an option, it is a necessity,” Lee Jong-Ho, South Korea’s minister of science and ICT (information and communications technology), said in an interview with Reuters .
Han Duck-soo, Prime Minister of South Korea, delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the Global AI Forum in Seoul, South Korea, May 22, 2024. South Korea’s Minister of Science and Technology Information Technology said on Wednesday that the world must cooperate to ensure the successful development of AI, following his country’s summit on rapid technological developments. (Reuters/Kim Soo-hyeon)
“The Seoul summit further shaped discussions on AI safety and added discussions on innovation and inclusiveness,” Lee said, adding that he expects discussions at the next summit include more collaboration on AI security institutes.
The first global AI summit was held in Britain in November, and the next in-person gathering is expected to take place in France, probably in 2025.
Ministers and officials from several countries discussed cooperation between state-backed AI security institutes on Wednesday to help regulate the technology.
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AI experts have welcomed steps taken so far to start regulating the technology, although some said rules need to be enforced.
“We need to go beyond volunteering… it’s the people involved who should be setting the rules through governments,” said Francine Bennett, director of the Ada Lovelace Institute, which specializes in AI.
AI services must be proven to meet mandatory security standards before being put on the market, so that companies equate security with profit and avoid potential public backlash in the event of unexpected harm, said Max Tegmark, president from the Future of Life Institute, an organization that speaks out on AI systems. risks.
South Korean Science Minister Lee said laws tend to lag behind the speed of technological advancements like AI.
“But for safe use by the public, flexible laws and regulations must be put in place.”