Intelligent response

Research funders, as well as governments, need to step up on AI

For the second time in seven months, world leaders have come together to attempt to address concerns over the safe and equitable use of artificial intelligence. 

But while this week’s meeting in Seoul, South Korea, acknowledged AI’s “unprecedented advancements and the impact on our economies and societies”, there is continuing—and deepening—concern that the pace of governments’ responses to the risks posed by AI is failing to keep up with its development.