Britain expands AI Safety Institute to San Francisco amid scrutiny over regulatory shortcomings

CNBC May 20, 2024
Ryan Browne

Key Points

– The U.K. said Monday it will open a U.S. counterpart to its AI Safety Summit, a state-backed body testing advanced artificial intelligence systems, in San Francisco this summer.

– In a statement, U.K. Technology Minister Michelle Donelan said the AI Safety Summit’s U.S. rollout “represents British leadership in AI in action.”

– The expansion of the AI Safety Institute comes on the eve of South Korea’s AI Seoul Summit, which was first proposed at the U.K.’s AI Safety Summit in Bletchley Park last year.

LONDON — The British government is expanding its facility for testing “frontier” artificial intelligence models to the United States, in a bid to further its image as a top global player tackling the...

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