{"id":132660,"date":"2023-10-25T01:43:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T01:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=132660"},"modified":"2023-10-25T01:43:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T01:43:58","slug":"next-global-shock-likely-to-be-caused-by-ai-deputy-pm-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/world-news\/next-global-shock-likely-to-be-caused-by-ai-deputy-pm-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"Next global shock likely to be caused by AI, deputy PM warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>The next great global shock is likely to be caused by AI and other runaway technology, deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden warns ahead of UK tech summit<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>He said UK had already &#8216;glimpsed the future&#8217; with cyberattacks and deepfakes<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The next great shock to the world is likely to be caused by runaway technology, the deputy prime minister has warned.<\/p>\n<p>Oliver Dowden said Britain had already &#8216;glimpsed the future&#8217;, with cyberattacks bringing public services to a halt, deepfakes duping the public, and bots interfering in elections.<\/p>\n<p>But these were only &#8216;relative skirmishes&#8217; compared with the enormous potential danger from advances in artificial intelligence and quantum computing.<\/p>\n<p>Though they offered extraordinary benefits, he warned that hostile state actors were &#8216;actively seeking these technologies for their own competitive advantage or even to enhance their military capability&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr Dowden highlighted the importance of the world&#8217;s first AI safety summit \u2013 in the UK next week \u2013 at which global leaders and tech chiefs will discuss how to avoid the technology&#8217;s &#8216;catastrophic&#8217; potential.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/00\/76961507-12668737-image-a-65_1698190339609.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Oliver Dowden (pictured) said Britain had already &#8216;glimpsed the future&#8217;, with cyberattacks bringing public services to a halt, deepfakes duping the public, and bots interfering in elections<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/00\/76961505-12668737-image-a-66_1698190342218.jpg\" height=\"330\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>But these were only &#8216;relative skirmishes&#8217; compared with the enormous potential danger from advances in artificial intelligence and quantum computing<\/p>\n<p>The two-day event at Bletchley Park will look at regulating the AI industry, which experts have warned is in a &#8216;dangerous&#8217; arms race to create ever more powerful technology without ensuring it is safe.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0ChatGPT could be responsible for the next CYBER ATTACK: Scientists show how AI systems can be tricked into producing malicious code<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking at the Future Investment Initiative in Saudi Arabia, Mr Dowden said: &#8216;We&#8217;ve had a glimpse into this future, with cyberattacks bringing public services to a halt, and ransomware wiping millions off companies&#8217; share prices.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But with the enormous potential of AI and quantum computing there is a very real possibility that the world&#8217;s next shock will be a tech shock.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>His speech came as Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan reaffirmed her commitment to &#8216;safety at the frontier&#8217; of the AI sector, saying: &#8216;I want people to use AI with the same confidence as when we book a plane ticket.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the scale of the danger, a team from the University of Sheffield has said that users could ask AI chatbots \u2013 by mistake \u2013 to write a code that can hack into and crash major computer systems.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dozens of US states have filed a lawsuit in California against Facebook and Instagram \u2013 owned by Meta \u2013 accusing them of contributing to a youth mental health crisis through the addictive nature of their social media platforms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12668737\/The-great-global-shock-likely-caused-AI-runaway-technology-deputy-Prime-Minister-Oliver-Dowden-warns-ahead-UK-tech-summit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next great global shock is likely to be caused by AI and other runaway technology, deputy Prime Minister Oliver&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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