Context:
“Bletchley Declaration,” recognized as the world’s first agreement on Artificial Intelligence (AI), was signed at the UK AI Safety Summit.
News Highlights
- Bletchley Declaration – Named after Bletchley Park – Known for being Britain’s code-breaking centre during World War II.
- Signed by – European Union and 28 other countries including India, US, UK, China, France, Saudi Arabia, and UAE.
Key highlights of Bletchley Declaration:
- Recognises AI’s potential to enhance human well-being as well as risks posed by AI including frontier AI.
Frontier AI refers to highly capable foundation generative AI models that could possess dangerous capabilities that can pose severe risks to public safety.
- Substantial risks may arise from potential intentional misuse or unintended issues of control relating to alignment with human intent.
- These issues are in part because those capabilities are not fully understood and are therefore hard to predict.
- Since such risks are inherently international in nature there is a need for international cooperation to address them.
- All actors including companies, civil society and academia will need to work together.
- Agenda for mitigating risks will focus on building a shared scientific understanding and risk-based policies across countries.
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Previous Year Question
With reference to the ‘New York, Declaration on Forests’, which of the following statements are correct?
1. It was first endorsed at the United Nations Climate Summit in 2014.
2. It endorses a global timeline to end the loss of forests.
3. It is a legally binding international declaration.
4. It is endorsed by governments, big companies and indigenous communities.
5. India was one of the signatories at its inception.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
[UPSC Civil Services Exam – 2021 Prelims]
(a) 1, 2 and 4 only
(b) 1, 3 and 5 only
(c) 3 and 4 only
(d) 2 and 5 only
Answer: (a)
