Huw Roberts

Sep 9, 2024 | eastasiaforum.org | Huw Roberts

In July 2024, Shanghai hosted its annual World AI Conference, bringing together leading experts, businesses and governments to showcase cutting-edge technologies, explore future AI trends and promote global cooperation. For the first time, the 2024 conference foregrounded questions of global AI governance, with Shanghai’s government using the opening ceremony to issue the Shanghai Declaration on Global AI Governance.

Nov 6, 2023 | ukandeu.ac.uk | Huw Roberts |Alex Walker

Huw Roberts suggests that while the AI summit was a success, the UK has focused on leading the international conversation at the expense of domestic AI regulation. In February 2023, a white paper outlining the UK’s approach to regulating AI had still not been published following a year of delays. The country had no coherent plan for the role it wanted to play internationally in governing AI. And requests to join EU and US AI governance dialogues were being snubbed.

Oct 11, 2023 | rusi.org | Pia Hüsch |Huw Roberts |John Tasioulas |Stephanie Hare |Patrick Hinton |Michael Boniface

As AI technology is integrated into more processes in both the military and civilian sectors, the relationship between the two, which has often been problematic, becomes even more crucial. The importance of the interplay between the British Ministry of Defence and industry is demonstrated in the Land Industrial Strategy (LIS), published in 2022.

Aug 11, 2023 | e-ir.info | Huw Roberts

Late 2022 and early 2023 saw breakthroughs in the commercialisation of foundation models: a new type of artificial intelligence (AI) system designed to be adaptable for a wide range of downstream tasks. Foundation models have underpinned the development of new products, like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, while also being integrated into the existing products of a variety of companies, including Microsoft’s search engine Bing.

Aug 11, 2023 | qoshe.com | Huw Roberts

Aa Aa Aa - A + Late 2022 and early 2023 saw breakthroughs in the commercialisation of foundation models: a new type of artificial intelligence (AI) system designed to be adaptable for a wide range of downstream tasks. Foundation models have underpinned the development of new products, like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, while also being integrated into the existing products of a variety of companies, including Microsoft’s search engine Bing.