EVENTS
Governing AI for Humanity - What is needed globally and in the UK?
- January 29, 2025 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM
- The Royal Society and online
www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-opportunities-action-plan/ai-opportunities-action-planThere have been a number of developments at both an international and UK level exploring how best we can govern and regulate AI, which is developing rapidly with exciting new opportunities but also potential threats emerging. In September 2024, the United Nations High Level Advisory Body on AI published its final report, report Governing AI for Humanity. That report notes the urgent need for global governance, and the current inequity in representation in such governance. It has a number of recommendations, including policy dialogue, capacity development, a global AI data framework and a global fund for AI.
Delivering any of these recommendations requires global co-operation, always a major challenge and perhaps more so now due to current global events.
In the UK, the government published its AI Opportunities Action Plan on 13 January 2025, and an AI Regulation Bill was promised in the 2024 Labour Party manifesto.
What needs to happen at global level? What is the UK’s approach, domestically and internationally? How can we maximise the benefits whilst minimising the risks? To what extent do we push to ensure that societal benefit, rather than just profitability, is core to the development of AI?
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The Rt Hon the Lord Willetts FRS [Chair] Chair, The Foundation for Science and Technology |
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Feryal Clark MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for AI and Digital Government, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology [TBC] |
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Professor Dame Wendy Hall DBE FRS FREng Regius Professor of Computer Science, University of Southampton, and Member of the UN High Level Advisory Board on AI |
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Vishal Marria Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Quantexa [TBC] |
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Dr Douglas Gurr Chairman, The Alan Turing Institute |