King to host AI summit as fears grow internet could be 'swarmed'

The King will meet the leaders of several major AI companies today, amid growing concerns over the threat of rogue AI models "swarming" the internet. 

Charles will host executives from firms including Nvidia, Anthropic, Google DeepMind and OpenAI at a summit at Dumfries House in Ayrshire.

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It comes as OpenAI shared a new framework for tracking, investigating, and disclosing instances of model misalignment at the company.

The maker of ChatGPT detailed six individual cases of "misaligned behaviour" it has observed.

These include: self-generated instructions in task summaries, instructions to conceal mistakes in task summaries, uploading files to the internet in order to cite them, and unsanctioned file sharing between collaborating agents⁠.

Last week, the head of Anthropic, the company behind the AI chatbot Claude, called for permanent third-party reviewers for "frontier" AI companies - a proposal backed by tech bosses Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

In an essay entitled We Must Pace the Frontier, Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei urged companies to slow the rate at which they improve the capabilities of their AI models.

Mr Amodei said he had come up with a three-part plan, part of which he said his AI company was unilaterally committed to.

Fears about the possible misuse of AI have intensified in recent weeks, with Anthropic researcher Evan Hubinger warning that there is a more than 10% chance that "AI could kill all humans" in the next decade.

Anthropic also recently revealed that several bad actors had used Claude for activities including weapons development, cyber operations, surveillance ​and fraud.

Earlier this week, Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, insisted no new laws or regulations were needed for AI safety, adding that companies should pace themselves until they are certain they're releasing something the market would appreciate.

'AI? Eh naw'

Ahead of the summit in Scotland, activists wrote a giant anti-AI message on a beach under the flight path of AI executives flying in for the event.

The campaigners wrote "AI? EH NAW" - meaning "AI? Er, no" when translated from Scottish slang - in the sand at Prestwick beach, South Ayrshire, which is located near the local airport.

The group are opposed to three proposed data centre developments across Ayrshire, including a 540MW facility at Hurlford, near Kilmarnock.

Lisa Beacham, who co-ordinated the demonstration on Tuesday, said the proposal was "completely unprecedented" for Scotland and urged the King to use his "influence and position to explain to these tech bosses that what they're doing is highly dangerous".

She added: "The taxpayer will not be picking up the scraps of the carbon use that will be used for these datacentres so we really hope King Charles plans to lay down the law here."

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Charles hits back at book claims

Charles' attendance at the summit comes the day after Buckingham Palace hit back at claims made in an upcoming book written by Diana's brother, Earl Spencer.

The book, titled Swan Song: Diana, My Sister and due to be released next week, claims in the days after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997, then-Prince Charles told her brother "rest assured, we'll forget her soon enough".

In response to the allegations, a Buckingham Palace spokesman said Charles is "mindful that the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason".

The statement added: "While we do not comment on books as a matter of principle, His Majesty is mindful that the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgment and colour memory in ways others do not recognise, even many years after such a loss."

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