Representatives from the U.S., China, and dozens of other nations are expected to attend the first-ever Summit on Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain, which takes place this week in The Hague, Netherlands.
The event is a "first step" in global discussions about responsible AI use by militaries, according to Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra.
- The Netherlands and South Korea are co-hosting the summit, which takes place Wednesday and Thursday. The Russian Federation was not invited due to the war in Ukraine.
- According to Reuters, the summit might be an initial step in the future creation of an "international arms treaty" involving AI technologies, though that would likely be years away.
- Some topics that could be discussed include the use of AI to speed up military decision-making and how the technology can identify targets.
- "We are moving into a field that we do not know, for which we do not have guidelines, rules, frameworks, or agreements," Hoekstra said. "But we will need them sooner rather than later."
