King Charles is urging everyone to address the risks associated with artificial intelligence promptly and collaboratively.

King Charles says the risks of artificial intelligence (AI) need to be tackled with “a sense of urgency, unity and collective strength”.

He shared his thoughts in a recorded message to participants at the UK’s AI Safety Summit. As the international gathering began, the UK government introduced a groundbreaking agreement for managing the riskiest types of AI, known as the Bletchley Declaration. This declaration has been signed by countries such as the US, the EU, and China.

The summit is focused on “frontier AI,” referring to highly advanced forms of technology with capabilities that are not yet fully understood. Tesla and X owner Elon Musk, in attendance, expressed concerns about AI leading to humanity’s extinction without providing specific details on how that might happen in reality.

While some have cautioned against speculating on unlikely future threats, emphasizing the need to address present-day risks like job displacement and bias, King Charles likened the development of advanced AI to the significance of the discovery of electricity. He emphasized the importance of global conversations involving societies, governments, civil society, and the private sector to address AI risks, drawing parallels with efforts to combat climate change.

The UK government highlighted the significance of the Bletchley Declaration, with 28 countries agreeing on the urgent need to collectively understand and manage potential AI risks. Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan stressed the importance of international collaboration, stating that no single country can face AI challenges alone.

China’s Vice Minister of Science and Technology, Wu Zhaohui, expressed a spirit of openness in AI and called for global collaboration to share knowledge. US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the launch of the US AI Safety Institute following the summit.

In a brief interview at the AI safety summit, Elon Musk stated that he was not seeking a specific policy outcome, emphasizing the importance of gaining insight before implementing oversight.

Therefore, many experts regard such fears as unfounded.

As president of global affairs at Meta and a former deputy prime minister – Nick Clegg, president of global affairs at Meta and a former deputy prime minister – is also attending the summit. He cautioned that “people should not allow speculative, often somewhat futuristic predictions” to overwhelm the

This is perhaps the major way in which AI poses a risk, as it can be seen when automating away people’s jobs or incorporating the pre-existing biases and prejudices into the newly fashioned online systems.

Additional reporting by Liv McMhone, Imran Rahman-Jouns and Chris Allan with Tom Singleton.

There are many specialists who think that such fears regarding threats of AI against humanity are exaggerated.

The former deputy prime minister-turned Meta’s president of global affairs, Nick Clegg noted that speculative yet to be accomplished predictions should not overshadow other present concerns.

Some see this as AI’s gravest danger; that it will replace workers and incorporate old, embedded biases into its very powerful digital framework.

Supplementary reporting Liv McMahon, Imran Rahman-Jones, Tom Singleton and Chris Vallance.