G7 calls for adoption of international technical standards for AI

Source: Reuters

TOKYO, May 20 (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) nations on Saturday called for the development and adoption of international technical standards for trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI) as lawmakers of the rich countries focus on the new technology.

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The agreement came after European Union, which is represented at the G7, inched closer this month to passing legislation to regulate AI technology, potentially the world's first comprehensive AI law.

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The G7 leaders mentioned generative AI, the subset popularised by the ChatGPT app, saying they "need to immediately take stock of the opportunities and challenges of generative AI."

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The heads of government agreed on Friday to create a ministerial forum dubbed the "Hiroshima AI process" to discuss issues around generative AI tools, such as intellectual property rights and disinformation, by the end of this year.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/g7-calls-adoption-international-technical-standards-ai-2023-05-20/

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More on this in tweets from Alondra Nelson, formerly "deputy assistant to President Joe Biden and principal deputy director for science and society of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), where she performed the duties of the director from February to October 2022" (from Wikipedia).

First - though it was posted second - a tweet commenting on the Reuters article as incomplete, and linking to a PDF file from the G7:

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Second, though this was posted slightly earlier, a tweet linking to a lengthy G7 communique at WhiteHouse.gov:

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Found these tweets thanks to a quote tweet from Gary Marcus, the AI expert who - along with Sam Altman of OpenAI and a representative from IBM - testified before Congress a few days ago:

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