The United States will host an artificial intelligence (AI) security summit in November, aimed at further aligning major nations on their technological goals and priorities for collaboration across the international community.
“AI is the defining technology of our generation,” U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said in a press release.
“As AI evolves at a rapid pace, we at the Commerce Department and across the Biden-Harris administration are doing everything we can. That includes close and thoughtful coordination with our like-minded allies and partners,” he said.
“We want the rules of the game in AI to be based on security, protection and trust, and that is why this call is so important.”
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo meet with Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa during a bilateral meeting at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit at the Moscone Center on November 14, 2023, in San Francisco. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
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The US AI Security Summit will take place after the presidential election in November and is separate from the series of security summits hosted by the UK and South Korea. Another summit is planned in France next year.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Raimondo will host the summit in San Francisco on Nov. 20-21, convening the International Network of AI Safety Institutes, which the nations had sought to establish after the South Korea summit.
The network so far includes Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan, Kenya, South Korea, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States, according to Reuters.
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Britain's Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Michelle Donelan, second from left, listens as Lee Jong-ho, second from right, South Korea's Minister for Science and ICT, speaks during the Seoul AI Summit Ministerial Session at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology in Seoul on May 22, 2024. (Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images)
One of the main concerns for lawmakers remains the use of generative AI to create fakes in various materials, including election-related items such as ads and photographs. A recent example was AI-generated images of Taylor Swift that prompted her to speak out and declare her candidate for president.
Deepfake videos have also proven to be a frequent and complicating factor in elections, such as when a Turkish presidential candidate last year claimed that a leaked sex tape was actually an AI-edited video with his face placed over that of an actor in a pornographic video.
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President Biden, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together after a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders' week in Woodside, California, Nov. 15, 2023. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
Blinken touted the AI network as a step toward greater safety and security, as well as the potential to leverage AI to achieve larger goals.
“Strengthening international collaboration on AI safety is critical to leveraging AI technology to solve the world's greatest challenges,” Blinken said in a press release. “The AI Safety Network is a cornerstone of this effort.”
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The summit will also invite experts from related fields, including academia and the tech industry, to join select events and contribute “hard” insights and developments to help keep officials up to date on the rapidly evolving sector.
Asked for comment, the White House and Commerce Department referred Fox News Digital to the department's joint statement on the summit.
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
