A raft of international talent and expertise from 30 leading AI nations and representatives of the EU and UN will drive forward the first edition of the International Scientific Report on Advanced AI Safety, bringing together the best scientific research on the capabilities and risks of advanced AI. Following a meeting in Canada, Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan and Yoshua Bengio, one of the godfathers of AI, have unveiled this crack team of global talent who will now play a crucial role in advising on the report's development and content.

The report was first unveiled as the State of the Science Report at the UK AI Safety Summit in November. It will help inform discussions at future AI Safety Summits and wider policy-making around the world. Building on the legacy of Bletchley Park and underlining the critical importance of continuing the global conversation on AI Safety, the flagship report is today re-branded as the International Scientific Report on Advanced AI Safety.

Its new international Expert Advisory Panel features nominees from nations invited to the UK's AI Safety Summit and EU and UN representatives. Thirty-two prominent international figures like Dr Hiroaki Kitano (CTO of Sony, Japan), Amandeep Gill (UN Envoy on Technology), and the UK's Chief Scientific Adviser Dame Angela McLean will now set to work advising on the report's development. The panel will engage regularly throughout the report's development to build a broad consensus on the vital global AI safety research as it looks to improve the understanding of robust AI systems, their capabilities, and the associated risks worldwide. 

The report will be published in two iterations. Initial findings will be released ahead of the Republic of Korea's AI Safety Summit in the spring, before a second publication that coincides with talks due to be hosted by France.

According to the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Michelle Donelan, The report is part of the enduring legacy of November's AI Safety Summit.

Professor Yoshua Bengio stated that the publication will be an essential tool in helping inform the discussions at AI Safety Summits held by the Republic of Korea and France later this year.

Source: Government of UK Press Release