US to host first AI safety network summit as nations seek alignment on policy

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The U.S. will host an artificial intelligence (AI) safety summit in November, aiming to further align top nations on their tech goals and priorities of collaboration among the international community.

"AI is the defining technology of our generation," U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said in a press release.

"With AI evolving at a rapid pace, we at the Department of Commerce, and across the Biden-Harris administration, are pulling every lever. That includes close, thoughtful coordination with our allies and like-minded partners," she said.

"We want the rules of the road on AI to be underpinned by safety, security and trust, which is why this convening is so important."

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The U.S. AI Safety Summit will take place after November's presidential election and is separate from the series of safety summits hosted by the U.K. and South Korea. Another summit is planned for France next year.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Raimondo will host the summit in San Francisco between Nov. 20-21, convening the International Network of AI Safety Institutes, which nations aimed 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