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During the UK AI Safety Summit, King Charles addressed the need to tackle AI risks and threats. These are major concerns for users as AI adoption across various regions and industries keep seeing a major boost in recent times. In a brief address, the King makes it clear that majors have to be put in place as infringement of user privacy by AI is a real threat.
During the UK AI Safety Summit, the government unveiled a few ways to keep these upcoming technologies in check. These majors are “world first agreements” and they aim to keep users within the UK and its regions safe. Aside from protecting the UK’s citizens, the new Bletchley Declaration encompasses other countries.
This declaration holds the signature of China, the UK, and the US in an agreement to curb AI threats. It also calls for major players in emerging AI technology to keep user safety in mind while rolling out various AI models. Some big names in the technology industry were also present at the UK AI Safety Summit and shared similar concerns as King Charles.
Others agree with King Charles on the need to tackle AI risks and threats
According to King Charles, the risks posed by AI technology need to be tackled with “a sense of urgency, unity and collective strength”. From his brief speech, there is a need that regulators to step up “to protect people’s privacy and livelihoods” from AI threats. This is necessary as it can affect the “economic and psychological well-being” of various AI users around the world.
Despite pointing out the need to keep AI under check, King Charles doesn’t underplay its importance. Certainly, the development of AI over the past few years has brought lots of advancements in various industries. Its growth is very important, but over the past few months, this growth has become rather concerning.
King Charles isn’t the only that sees the need for regulations guiding the usage or abuse of AI technology. In attendance at the UK AI Safety Summit was Elon Musk and he was also quick to point out the dangers of AI technologies. According to the controversial but smart billionaire, AI can lead to human extinction.
You might be wondering how this is possible, well it’s just one of Elon Musk’s beliefs, so don’t stress yourself. However, he makes it clear that there is a need to understand the problem before proffering solutions. AI technologies can pose a threat to user privacy since they constantly feed on data to learn and function.
In the coming months, netizens might get to see new regulations on AI usage. These regulations will aim to protect user privacy from various harmful AI models. Tackling AI risks and threats to user privacy is a major issue and a global concern.