The leaders of the Group of Seven nations say we need to develop an international framework « to achieve the common vision and goal of trustworthy AI. »
Like other people, you may be impressed by generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Dall-E but also concerned about their potential effects on society: Will they overwhelm us with a deluge of convincing but false information and images? Will they undermine the intellectual property rights of writers, artists and other creators? Will they steal our jobs?
You may be at least a little relieved to know that world leaders and lawmakers seem to be paying attention. On Saturday, the leaders of the Group of Seven, or G-7, nations issued a bulletin about their summit this week in Hiroshima, Japan, and concerns about artificial intelligence took their place alongside a host of other international issues.
The heads of the G-7 countries — Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US (plus the EU) — called for a G-7 working group to establish by the end of the year the Hiroshima AI process, for carrying out talks about how best to deal with chatbots, image generators and other AI technologies. The talks would center on developing an international framework « to achieve the common vision and goal of trustworthy AI, » the bulletin says.
