Seoul Ministerial Statement for advancing AI safety, innovation and inclusivity (22 May 2024)

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1. 2024-05-22 · publishedGOV.UK text (published 22 May 2024) (this version)

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Provisions in this version · 4 quoted

A limited selection of quoted provisions: what this edition says about thresholds, required actions, who decides and exceptions. It is not a full summary and says nothing about implementation. A “not found” record states which part of the edition was inspected. It is not a claim that the text was deleted.

• Threshold or triggerRecognises that severe risks could be posed by a model or system capability to meaningfully assist non-state actors with chemical or biological weapons.“the potential model or system capability to meaningfully assist non-state actors in advancing the development, production, acquisition or use of chemical or biological weapons”Safety, paragraph 1.3Inspect claim & evidence ↗
• Threshold or triggerAcknowledges the signatories' role, in partnership with others, in identifying thresholds at which frontier AI risks would be severe without appropriate mitigations.“identifying thresholds at which the risks posed by the design, development, deployment and use of frontier AI models or systems would be severe without appropriate mitigations”Safety, paragraph 1.2Inspect claim & evidence ↗
• Required actionReaffirms the particular responsibility of developers for the safety of frontier AI models or systems.“reaffirming the particular responsibility of developers for the safety of these systems”Safety, paragraph 1.5Inspect claim & evidence ↗
• Required actionPlans collaboration to identify severe-risk thresholds and define frontier capabilities that could pose severe risks, with the ambition of developing proposals before the AI Action Summit in France.“with the ambition of developing proposals for consideration in advance of the AI Action Summit in France”Way forward, paragraph W3Inspect claim & evidence ↗

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• Issued by: Department for Science, Innovation and TechnologyThe Department for Science, Innovation and Technology published the Seoul Ministerial Statement for advancing AI safety, innovation and inclusivity on GOV.UK on 22 May 2024.2024-05-22 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗DSIT: records →

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• lists as participantsThe Seoul Ministerial Statement is made in the names of the ministers of 27 countries and the representative of the European Union (count made by Selekoa); China is not among those named.2024-05-22 · snapshot · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗