Global AI Summit Sees Tensions and Cooperation
The summit aims to unite world leaders, tech executives, and academics to examine AI's impact on society, governance, and the environment, but its opening panel discussion was marked by a heated exchange between China's former UK ambassador Fu Ying and "AI Godfather" professor Yoshua Bengio. The pair disagreed on the effectiveness of open source architecture in ensuring AI safety, with Fu Ying advocating for transparency and Prof Bengio cautioning against the potential misuse of open source technology. The summit comes at a time when US-China tensions are affecting global cooperation on AI.
- The exchange highlights the challenges of global cooperation on AI development and regulation, particularly given the current hostilities between the US and China.
- How will the differing approaches to AI safety and development among major powers impact the future of international collaboration in this area?