World-first AI safety deal exposes agenda set in Silicon Valley, critics say

A world-first declaration on AI that was agreed on Wednesday will have no real impact and has been manipulated by big tech, critics say. The statement was signed by 28 countries — and the EU — who collectively cover six continents. They unveiled their pact at the UK’s AI Safety Summit in Bletchley Park, where codebreakers cracked Nazi Germany’s Enigma machine during World War Two. The new agreement takes its name from the site. Known as the “Bletchley Declaration,” the communiqué establishes a shared understanding of AI’s dangers and opportunities. “Many risks arising from AI are inherently international in nature, and so…

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