Britain will host the first global artificial intelligence (AI) summit later this year to achieve a holistic approach to mitigating the risks associated with the technology, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced in Washington on Wednesday.

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“AI has incredible potential to change our lives for the better. But we have to make sure it’s developed and used safely,” Sunak said on the sidelines of a visit to the White House. “Throughout history, we have constantly created new revolutionary technologies that have been used for the benefit of humanity. This is what we need to achieve again,” he added.

The summit is due to take place next autumn and bring together “like-minded countries” to lay the foundations for regulation, a spokesman for the British leader said.

However, the idea of ​​the summit is not intended to prevent the use of artificial intelligence, which could be done by authoritarian states such as China or Russia, the same source said.

However, it is in line with Britain’s desire to eventually host a potential global AI regulator, a desire that could still be undermined, although the European Union and the United States have already started talking about it.

Rishi Sunak assured that Britain was in no danger of being expelled.

“I think we should be confident that our country is capable of being a leader in the field of artificial intelligence, because the facts show it,” he told the BBC.

“If you look at the number of companies, at the amounts invested, at the quality of our research, nobody reaches the level of other democratic countries except the United States,” Sunak insisted.

The British Prime Minister also assured that President Biden, although almost twice his age (80 years compared to Sunak’s 43 years), is not surpassed by this technology.

“Yes, we discussed artificial intelligence when we were together in Japan (at the G7 summit, ed.) and I know he is fully aware of the risks and the opportunities that it brings,” Rishi Sunak told Britain’s TalkTV before the meeting with the American president.

“But I also know that the president has in mind the threats that our countries will face in the future and wants to make sure that we work together to protect them,” he insisted, indirectly emphasizing US support for the summit proposal.