Questions being asked at this weeks Global Ai Safety Summit in south korea. The second of its kind, it is co hosted with britain after the inaugural event in november last year at Bletchley Park near london. Francine bennett is interim director at the Ada Lovelace Institute an independent Research Institute specialising in al and is in south korea for this summit. A very warm welcome to the programme. So first of all, what will be achieved in seoul, do you think . Do you think . Well, thats a aood do you think . Well, thats a good question. Do you think . Well, thats a good question. I do you think . Well, thats a good question. I hope do you think . Well, thats a good question. I hope what| do you think . Well, thats a good question. I hope what will be achieved in seoul is moving on from the conversation from the Bletchley Summit Last year. So we had some really good initial conversations there, and i think what wasnt to see is shaping the development of this, potentially very new te
To develop ai systems responsibly. They include google, amazon, meta, microsoft and openai. Joining us now is Bbc Technology journalist chris vallance, whos in our edinburgh studio. Tell us a bit more about this agreement . The summit is a follow up to the summit in november at Bletchley Park, and its aim essentially is to continue that work. It is a two day summit, the start of it virtually attended by Prime Minister rishi sunak and his south korean counterpart. The second day brings together digital ministers, and they will look at a range of issues including things like the Environmental Impact of ai, issues of bias, the impact onjobs, which is interesting because the focus on the Bletchley Park summit was the catastrophic scenarios. Those particular items on the agenda much more here and now concerns. Broadly, thatis more here and now concerns. Broadly, that is what the summit is hoping to achieve. There was talk about it possibly being lacklustre and so much surprise when this mor