Global AI Safety Report Warns of Cyber Threats, Manipulation, and Weaponization Risks

The first International AI Safety Report is here which was released by Professor Yoshua Bengio and other 100 AI experts and it talked about the future of AI showing potential as well as risks. The report says that AI can bring a lot of advantages to areas like healthcare, education and scientific research which will improve global well being. But the report also highlights that there will be some negative effects of AI too which will vary according to the development made. This report was supported by 30 countries and institutions like UN, OECD and EU and it comprises 298 pages involving insights of experts including Turing Award Winners and Nobel laureates.

Artificial Intelligence Action Summit presented the report and the focus of the report was to create a vision for evolution of AI and how it will be integrated into society. The report addresses some key questions like what is the work of general purpose AI, what are its risks and how can these risks be minimized. The risks of using general purpose AI include its malicious use like manipulation of public opinion, cyberattacks and AI being used in chemical or biological weapon attacks. There are also some systematic risks of using general use AI that have global and environmental impacts. There are some societal, policymaking, management and technological risks that can come with AI development, the report stated.

Bengio said that if AI is developed and used responsibly, it can contribute to economic growth as well as modernize public services which can improve the overall lives of people. But before that, we have to completely understand AI so we can use it for the betterment of society.