United Kingdom to invest US$ 125 million in task force to guide artificial intelligence – 04/24/2023 – Market

The UK on Monday announced £100 million ($124.5 million) in seed funding for a task force that will help develop foundation models – a type of artificial intelligence used by chatbots such as ChatGPT. – for use in areas such as healthcare and education.

“Harnessing the potential of artificial intelligence offers enormous opportunities to grow our economy, create better-paying jobs and build a better future through advances in health and safety,” said British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

“By investing in emerging technologies through our new specialist task force, we can continue to lead the way in the development of safe and reliable artificial intelligence as part of shaping a more innovative economy in the UK.”

The EU (European Union) has been working for more than a year on a regulation that puts order in the use of AI and that, at the same time, allows users to protect themselves, although ChatGPT has transformed the way this technology is seen by those who use it she.

Created by the American company OpenAI, ChatGPT appeared in November and quickly began to be used by users amazed with its ability to answer questions clearly, write sonnets and provide information on complicated topics.

Products powered by ChatGPT have even passed medical and legal tests designed for human students, scoring high marks.

The technology also brings risks, however, as its learning system and similar competitive models are already integrated into business applications.

Last Monday (18), EU parliamentarians asked world leaders to hold a summit to find ways to control the development of advanced AI systems, such as ChatGPT. According to the group, they are developing faster than expected.

The 12-member European Parliament, all working on the bloc’s technology legislation, urged Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to convene a meeting, and said AI companies must be more accountable.

Lawmakers said they disagreed with some of the more alarmist statements in the letter published in March by the FLI (Future of Life Institute), which warned that AI could spread misinformation at an unprecedented rate and that machines could “outnumber, be more smart, obsolete and replace” humans if left unchecked.

“However, we agree with the core message of the letter: with the rapid evolution of powerful AI, we see the need for significant political action,” they added.