UK-Hosted AI Summit to Weigh Election Disruption, Security Risks

  • Summit next month set to be crucial to developing guardrails
  • Discussions will include disinformation and risks to democracy

Colossus, the world's first electronic programmable computer, was used during WWII by codebreakers at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire, UK.

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Politicians and business leaders will discuss the threat of humans losing control of artificial intelligence, potential election disruption and national-security concerns posed by the technology at a UK-hosted global summit next month.

The meeting at Bletchley Park, home to British code breakers including Alan Turing during World War II, starts Nov. 1 with discussions on what AI means for online safety and global inequality, according to a person familiar with the plans. The technology’s opportunities, including for transforming education, are also on the agenda.