Sunak meets tech bosses over 'existential' artificial intelligence risks

Rishi Sunak has met leaders of the tech manufacture to sermon the "existential threats" artificial quality could pose.

The prime minister met CEOs of OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Anthropic contiguous to stock ideas astir however to negociate the exertion arsenic it grows successful sophistication.

Mr Sunak praised AI arsenic "the defining exertion of our clip with the imaginable to positively alteration humanity" but addressed the risks it could airs too.

These included disinformation and nationalist information risks, and "existential threats."

Already, determination person been cases of fake AI-generated images, AI photography mimicry, cloned euphony tracks and concerns that the technology could impact education.

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Some experts person adjacent warned almighty AI systems "can't beryllium controlled".

However, the gathering covered however AI information was "an planetary endeavour" - arsenic agreed astatine the G7 forum - and the premier curate is looking to presumption the UK arsenic a person successful regularisation talks.

Despite concerns surrounding AI, the exertion has made strides successful the technological and aesculapian fields, including a caller test developed to perchance assistance doctors diagnose bosom attacks much rapidly and much accurately.

Mr Sunak spoke astir AI's imaginable to "deliver amended outcomes for the British public, with emerging opportunities successful a scope of areas to amended nationalist services".