Yvette Cooper, foreign secretary , UK
A recent report for the United Nations warned of potentially “catastrophic outcomes” from AI being used to facilitate cybercrime, fraud and disinformation. It said the development of the technology was outpacing governments’ ability to adapt.
London:The world must urgently develop guardrails to contain the threat posed by artificial intelligence, Britain’s foreign secretary is set to warn.
Yvette Cooper will say that AI may become the “greatest security challenge of the next decade,” calling for international cooperation to stamp out the risks.
Cooper will draw parallels between AI and efforts around nuclear safety in the wake of the Second World War and the atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
“On nuclear, international agreement came only after the world saw the terrifying power of the new technology at Hiroshima and asked what would happen if it fell into the wrong hands,” she will say in a piece to be published by think tank Chatham House, according to a statement. “We cannot afford to wait for an AI equivalent of Hiroshima before we act.”
A recent report for the United Nations warned of potentially “catastrophic outcomes” from AI being used to facilitate cybercrime, fraud and disinformation. It said the development of the technology was outpacing governments’ ability to adapt.
It came after Anthropic PBC initially limited the release of its Mythos model over fears it could be used to find cyber vulnerabilities.
Cooper will say Britain is well placed to lead the debate on AI regulation after hosting the world’s first AI Safety Summit in 2023, a conference that brought together world leaders and tech bosses including Elon Musk.
“We can only take advantage of the amazing opportunities frontier technologies can bring if there is sufficient international consensus on how to approach safety and guardrails,” she will say.