EDITORS LETTER AI strategy the latest international battleground
This past month saw the publication of a number of critically important AI documents from some of the world ’ s biggest powers , laying out their approaches to the technology - meaning March may have been a historic month for AI .
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“ AI is truly revolutionary .
Now , governments are waking up to the realities of AI , and seeking to guide its development ”
The perception of AI has certainly evolved over the years . As the technology has made inroads into our lives , whether in a personal setting thanks to smart assistants or at work through technologies such as robotic process automation ( RPA ), we ’ ve all come to realise that AI is truly revolutionary . Now , governments are waking up to the realities of AI , and seeking to guide its development .
The EU , the UK ’ s GCHQ and the US ’ s National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence all issued reports this month , with huge ramifications for how governments use AI - from internal services to security and even offensive measures .
The ethical use of AI was a common thread in the reports , with questions about the biases inherent in algorithms and the thorny question of who is responsible for the actions of AI-enabled weapons . These questions are nothing new , but the powers that be are finally ready to answer them .
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