AI Seoul Summit

2024 AI Seoul Summit
Host countrySouth Korea and the United Kingdom
DateMay 21–22, 2024
Websitehttps://aiseoulsummit.kr/

The 2024 AI Seoul Summit was co-hosted by the South Korean and British governments. The Seoul Declaration was adopted to address artificial intelligence technology and related challenges and opportunities.[1]

Background

See also: AI Safety Summit

The AI Seoul Summit is the second such meeting following the AI Safety Summit held in the United Kingdom in November 2023. In the Bletchley Declaration, the participating countries agreed to prioritize identifying AI safety risks of shared concern, a shared concern, but at the Seoul Summit, the leaders also recognized the importance of AI.[2]

Notable attendees

The summit was attended by the leaders of Group of Seven countries, including the United States, Canada, France, and Germany, South Korea, Singapore and Australia, representatives of the United Nations, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and the European Union.[1]

Also in attendance were representatives of global companies such as Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong, ChatGPT maker OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Meta, and South Korea's top portal operator Naver.[1]

AI safety research center

"South Korea will push forward with the establishment of an AI safety research center in Korea and join a network to boost the global safety of AI."

— Yoon Suk Yeol, the President of South Korea

Minister of Science, Lee Jong-ho said that South Korea would establish an AI safety lab. He also expressed his intention to strengthen cooperation for the development of international standards.[3]

Outcomes

Seoul Declaration for Safe, Innovative and Inclusive AI

The Seoul Declaration was adopted at the summit by leaders representing the EU, the USA, the UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore.[4][5] The declaration is a commitment to foster international cooperation to help develop AI governance frameworks that are interoperable between countries, partly by integrating the Hiroshima Process International Code of Conduct for Organizations Developing Advanced AI Systems. It advocates for the development of human-centric AI in collaboration with the private sector, academia, and civil society.[4]

Seoul Ministerial Statement for advancing AI safety

At the ministerial meeting of the summit, the Seoul Ministerial Statement, a joint statement calling for the improvement of the safety, innovation, and inclusivity of AI technologies, was adopted by ministers from Australia, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, New Zealand, the Philippines, South Korea, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the UK, and the USA, as well as an EU representative.[6] It aims to develop low-power chips as the AI industry rapidly expands and massive consumption is expected.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "(LEAD) AI Seoul Summit adopts declaration on safe, innovative, inclusive AI". Yonhap News Agency. 21 May 2024.
  2. ^ "World leaders adopt Seoul Declaration at AI Seoul Summit". The Korea Times. 22 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Korea has decided to establish an "AI Safety Research Institute" at the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)". Maeil Business Newspaper. 22 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Seoul Declaration for Safe, Innovative and Inclusive AI by Participants Attending the Leaders' Session of the Al Seoul Summit, 21st May 2024 | News > Briefing Room". Office of the President. Republic of Korea. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  5. ^ "AI Seoul Summit's declaration urges safety, innovation, inclusivity". Korea.net. 22 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Seoul Ministerial Statement". industry.gov.au. Department of Industry (Australia). Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  7. ^ "(2nd LD) AI Seoul Summit adopts joint ministerial statement on safe, innovative, inclusive AI". Yonhap News Agency. 22 May 2024.