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Safety and Global Governance of Generative AI Report

Jan 2024

On October 18, 2023, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced China’s “Global AI Governance Initiative” during the keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. The initiative was officially released by the Cyberspace Administration of China on the same day. It articulated China’s positions and proposals regarding the development, security, and governance of artificial intelligence, expressing a willingness to communicate, exchange, and pragmatically cooperate with all parties on global AI governance, as well as promote the benefits of AI technology for humanity.

On October 26, UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced the formal establishment of a new High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence, comprising 39 experts from around the world and supporting international society strengthen governance by discussing the risks and opportunities presented by AI technology. Subsequently, on November 1, the inaugural Global AI Safety Summit was held at Bletchley Park in the United Kingdom. The EU and twenty-eight countries, including China and the United States, collectively signed the “Bletchley AI Safety Declaration,” unanimously acknowledging the potential catastrophic risks posed by AI to humanity.

Against this backdrop, this report has gathered 29 essays from over 40 policymakers, entrepreneurs, experts, scholars, and engineers in the fields of AI governance, science and technology ethics, large model safety and alignment, AGI risks, etc. The essays engage in a dialogue on key topics related to the safety and global governance of generative artificial intelligence and are organized into five chapters based on the following themes:

  • Chapter 1: The Risks and Challenges of Generative AI
  • Chapter 2: Global Governance Approaches for Generative AI
  • Chapter 3: AI Governance for Developing Countries and Advancing Global Sustainable Development
  • Chapter 4: AI Governance from an Engineering Perspective
  • Chapter 5: AI Governance from the Perspective of Companies
Authors: GONG Ke, JI Weidong, DUAN Weiwen, WANG Xiaohong, Rostam J. Neuwirth, Duncan Cass-Beggs, Nicolas Moës, Yolanda Lannquist, Niki Iliadis, Nicolas Miailhe, ZHOU Hui, Robert Trager, Fynn Heider, Carlos Ignacio Gutierrez, ZHANG Peng, Eugenio Vargas Garcia, LU Chuanying, Marie-Therese Png, Charlotte Siegmann, Daniel Privitera, LIAO Lu, Lyantoniette Chua, Nathaniel Sharadin, MA Chenghao, GAO Wanqi, FAN Siyu, WANG Jun, NA Diya, Denise Wong, Elizabeth Seger, Brett Karlan, Colin Allen, JeeLoo Liu, Michael Sellitto, Jason SI, Jeff CAO, WEI Tao, ZOU Ning, WANG Haining
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