British monarch King Charles III, in a royal message released on Wednesday, hailed the potential of emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technology and encouraged urgency in addressing the risks presented by it. King Charles III of England has urged the world's leading nations to tackle artificial intelligence (AI) risks with "urgency, unity and collective strength" to ensure one of the "greatest technological leaps in human endeavor" becomes "a force for good in this world." "AI holds the potential to completely transform life as we know it: to help us better treat and perhaps even cure conditions like cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer's; to hasten our journey toward net-zero; and perhaps to realize a new era of potentially limitless clean green energy," the king said. "Even just to make our everyday lives a bit easier." "However, if we are to realize the untold benefits of AI then we must work together on combating its significant risks too," he added.

Sitting in a purpose-built hut in the grounds of the historic Bletchley Park country estate, British officials believed they had pulled off a diplomatic coup. On stage in front of them was the UK's technology secretary, Michelle Donelan, and behind her were high-level representatives from the US and China, together for the first time to discuss the international regulation of artificial intelligence. Even better, both countries were among 28 signatories to the "Bletchley declaration", an agreement to work together on safety standards that may prevent AI systems turning on humanity. Rishi Sunak said on Thursday: "Some said we shouldn't even invite China; others said that we could never get an agreement with them. A serious strategy for AI safety has to begin with engaging all the world's leading AI powers, and all of them have signed the Bletchley Park communique."

On an ordinary weekday in November, Bletchley Park plays host to a mixture of elderly pensioners and bands of unruly schoolchildren, visiting to learn about the codebreakers--including computing pioneer Alan Turing--who were based here during World War II, and helped the Allied Forces defeat the Nazis. But this is no ordinary week, and these are no ordinary visitors. On Wednesday and Thursday, delegates from 27 governments around the world, as well as the heads of top artificial intelligence companies, gathered for the world's first AI Safety Summit at this former stately home near London, now a museum. The high-profile event, hosted by the Rishi Sunak-led U.K. government, caps a year of intense escalation in global discussions about AI safety, following the launch of ChatGPT nearly a year ago. The chatbot displayed for the first time--to many users at least--the powerful general capabilities of the latest generation of AI systems.

Artificial intelligence models must be better understood and subject to testing before any mandatory legislation to oversee the industry can be introduced, UK prime minister Rishi Sunak told the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park – but he also said that such efforts must be accelerated. Sunak announced the establishment of a UK AI safety institute last week that will engage with technology companies on a voluntary basis to ensure that their models are safe to roll out to the public. But the body won't have official regulatory powers and companies won't be compelled to submit to whatever testing protocols they set up. In a press conference that marked the end of the summit, Sunak said that regulation will ultimately be needed, but should be based on evidence. Large technology companies working on AI have agreed to engage with the new organisation, he said.

In the weeks leading up to the UK's AI Safety Summit, held on 1 and 2 November, prime minister Rishi Sunak repeatedly stressed the potential risks that artificial intelligence could pose to society. Then, on the second morning of the event, he told reporters that people must avoid "alarmist" claims – just before warning that AI could be as dangerous as nuclear war. It is safe to say there were mixed messages. But the summit was, of course, intended to disperse this fog of confusion: to examine the risks of AI, provide space for representatives of nations around the world to talk with business leaders and technology experts, and ultimately plan for a future that avoids disastrous pitfalls. The main takeaway was the new Bletchley Declaration, signed by 28 nations, including China and the US, and the European Union.

Yesterday, 28 countries including the US, members of the EU, and China signed a declaration warning that artificial intelligence is advancing with such speed and uncertainty that it could cause "serious, even catastrophic, harm." The declaration, announced at the AI Safety Summit organized by the British government and held at the historic World War II code-breaking site, Bletchley Park, also calls for international collaboration to define and explore the risks from the development of more powerful AI models, including large language models such as those powering chatbots like ChatGPT. "This is a landmark achievement that sees the world's greatest AI powers agree on the urgency behind understanding the risks of AI--helping ensure the long-term future of our children and grandchildren," the UK prime minister, Rishi Sunak, said in a statement. The venue for the Summit paid homage to Alan Turing, the British mathematician who did foundational work on both computing and AI, and who helped the Allies break Nazi codes during the Second World War by developing early computing devices. The AI hype-train has a knack for turning even close allies into competitors, though.

Rishi Sunak has hailed this week's artificial intelligence summit as a diplomatic breakthrough after it produced an international declaration to address risks with the technology. Here are five things we have learned from the summit. The prime minister spent diplomatic capital convening global leaders, tech executives, academics and civil society figures at Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes, the base for second world war codebreakers. Those attending included the US vice-president, Kamala Harris, the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, award-winning computer scientists, executives at all the leading AI companies – and Elon Musk. Even if Emmanuel Macron and Joe Biden were among the no-shows, the gathering had political and commercial heft.

Former El Paso U.S. Marshal Robert Almonte reacts to the latest report on border encounters from CBP. FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa., is seeking information from top border and homeland security agencies about the potential threat posed by drones operated by terrorist groups and cartels at the southern border amid heightened awareness of a terror threat in recent weeks. Grassley sent letters to Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) citing reports that Mexican cartels have increased their use of the drones at both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. "These drones are used by the cartels to carry out targeted assassinations and violent attacks by dropping explosives in Mexico, monitor and gain reconnaissance on the movements of U.S. Border Patrol agents and other U.S. law enforcement officers, and track the progress of their smugglers illegally crossing into the U.S.," he said. Senator Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, wrote to Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Department of Homeland Security has noted the use of drones by cartels as a threat to the U.S. in its FY 24 threat assessment.

The UK's AI Safety Summit closes today, with UK prime minister Rishi Sunak convening a small group of world and business leaders to discuss the risks of AI. But perhaps the most surprising development is a conversation due to take place this evening between Sunak and entrepreneur Elon Musk. Full details of the event are still unclear, but it will be broadcast on X, Musk's social media platform, on a delay. The conversation is scheduled to last 45 minutes and will reportedly be moderated by an unknown individual, with some audience members, including tech executives and journalists, invited to ask questions. Politico reports that the UK government has said that the conversation won't be edited before broadcast.

This week, UK prime minister Rishi Sunak is hosting a group of more than 100 representatives from the worlds of business and politics to discuss the potential and pitfalls of artificial intelligence. The AI Safety Summit, held at Bletchley Park, UK, began on 1 November and aims to come up with a set of global principles with which to develop and deploy "frontier AI models" – the terminology favoured by Sunak and key figures in the AI industry for powerful models that don't yet exist, but may be built very soon. While the Bletchley Park event is the focal point, there is a wider week of fringe events being held in the UK, alongside a raft of UK government announcements on AI. Here are the latest developments. The key outcome of the first day of the AI Safety Summit yesterday was the Bletchley Declaration, which saw 27 countries and the European Union agree to meet more in the future to discuss the risks of AI. The UK government was keen to tout the agreement as a massive success, while impartial observers were more muted about the scale of its achievement.