A big meeting happened in the UK to talk about the safety of very advanced artificial intelligence (AI). The British Prime Minister thinks it's important because many powerful AI countries agreed that we need to understand AI risks to protect our future.

The U.S. Vice President believes we should do even more and faster. She's worried about how AI is changing things and wants to make tech companies responsible through laws.

They talked about many AI risks, not just the big ones like cyberattacks or dangerous AI weapons. They're concerned about smaller issues, like AI making wrong decisions in healthcare or creating fake pictures that harm people.

Countries at the meeting signed an agreement called the Bletchley Declaration to work together on AI risks. China talked about the challenges AI brings and the need to cooperate.

Important people from many countries, including Canada, France, Germany, India, Japan, Saudi Arabia, and China, attended the meeting. They agreed to keep talking about AI risks and hold more meetings in the future.

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, will also discuss AI. Many important people from the AI world are there, like executives from Google's DeepMind and OpenAI, and a famous computer scientist named Yoshua Bengio.

They talked about open-source AI, which helps find problems but can also be used for bad things. They're trying to figure out how to balance openness and security.

The British Prime Minister thinks that only governments, not companies, can keep people safe from AI risks. He said we shouldn't rush into making rules for AI and should understand it better first.

The U.S. Vice President, on the other hand, thinks we should act now and deal with problems like bias, discrimination, and false information caused by AI.

She mentioned that President Joe Biden set rules for AI to protect the public. She also encouraged other countries to follow similar rules for AI used in the military.

They both believe that leaders have a duty to make sure AI is used in a way that keeps people safe and lets everyone benefit from it.

Source: AP News