Seoul summit showcases UK's progress on trying to make advanced AI safe

The UK is leading an international effort to test the most advanced AI models for safety risks before they hit the public, as regulators race to create a workable safety regime before the Paris summit in six months. Britain's AI Safety Institute, the first of its kind, is now matched by counterparts from around the world, including South Korea, the US, Singapore, Japan and France. Regulators at the Seoul AI Summit hope the bodies can collaborate to create the 21st-century version of the Montreal Protocol, the groundbreaking agreement to control CFCs and close the hole in the ozone layer. But before they do, the institutes need to agree on how they can work together to turn an international patchwork of approaches and regulations into a unified effort to corral AI research. "At Bletchley, we announced the UK's AI Safety Institute – the world's first government-backed organisation dedicated to advanced AI safety for the public good," said Michelle Donelan, the UK technology secretary, in Seoul on Wednesday.