BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityTechnologyAI Safety: UK and US sign landmark agreementPublished5 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, UK GovernmentBy Liv McMahonTechnology reporterThe UK and US have signed a landmark deal to work together on testing advanced artificial intelligence (AI).The agreement signed on Monday says both countries will work together on developing “robust” methods for evaluating the safety of AI tools and the systems that underpin them.It is the first bilateral agreement of its kind.UK tech minister Michelle Donelan said it is “the defining technology challenge of our generation”.”We have always been clear that ensuring the safe development of AI is a shared global issue,” she said.”Only by working together can we address the technology’s risks head on and harness its enormous potential to help us all live easier and healthier lives.”The secretary of state for science, innovation and technology added that the agreement builds upon commitments made at the AI Safety Summit held in Bletchley Park in November 2023.The event, attended by AI bosses including OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis and tech billionaire Elon Musk, saw both the UK and US create AI Safety Institutes which aim to evaluate open and closed-source AI systems.AI concernsCurrently, the majority of AI systems are only capable of performing single, intelligent tasks that would usually be completed by a human.Known as “narrow” AI, these tasks can range from quickly analysing data or providing a desired response to a prompt.But there are fears that more intelligent “general” AI tools – capable of completing a range of tasks usually performed by humans – could endanger humanity.What is AI, how does it work and is it dangerous?”AI, like chemical science, nuclear science, and biological science, can be weaponised and used for good or ill,” Prof Sir Nigel Shadbolt told the BBC’s Today programme.But the University of Oxford professor said fears around AI’s existential risk “are sometimes a bit overblown”.”We’ve got to be really supportive and appreciative of efforts to get great AI powers thinking about and researching what the dangers are,” he said.”We need to understand just how susceptible these models are, and also how powerful they are.”Gina Raimondo, the US commerce secretary, said the agreement will give the governments a better understanding of AI systems, which will allow them to give better guidance.”It will accelerate both of our Institutes’ work across the full spectrum of risks, whether to our national security or to our broader society,” she said.”Our partnership makes clear that we aren’t running away from these concerns – we’re running at them.”Related TopicsArtificial intelligenceMore on this storyCould artificial intelligence benefit democracy?Published4 days agoMEPs approve world’s first comprehensive AI lawPublished13 MarchTop StoriesLive. Seven Gaza food aid workers killed in Israeli strikeChild, 13, wounds three in Finland school shootingPublished39 minutes agoIran accuses Israel of killing generals in SyriaPublished11 hours agoFeaturesWhy there’s a revolution on the way in glass makingLulu: I don’t speak before 12 noon. 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