Prioritise, specialise, mobilise: advancing international collaboration in AI research and policy In Verba

As AI technologies advance at pace, governments across the world are developing national strategies to harness their economic benefits for national advantage and societal well-being. The potential of AI to improve the lives and livelihoods of people across the world is significant, from helping address climate change and food security, to supporting elderly care and healthcare delivery. However, these technologies also have the potential to reinforce social divisions and inequalities, with implications for those already at the margins of society. Advances in science have long relied on international flows of people and ideas. At a time when questions about how the benefits of technological progress are shared across society are at the fore of public and policy debate, maintaining strong international collaborations can play an important role in connecting communities and ensuring that technology advances in ways that benefit all in society.