New Delhi

As the United Kingdom hosts the world’s first global Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety Summit, British Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan has called for international collaboration to mitigate risks of the fast-growing technology.

Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar is representing India at the two-day summit starting November 1 at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire in southern England, a significant location in the history of computer science development- the base for World War II code-breaking operations.

The Minister of State for Electronics and Technology had earlier posted on X: Look forward to discussing ways in which Artificial Intelligence can be harnessed to transform lives of citizens, catalyze DigitalEconomy while ensuring Safety & Trust of DigitalNagriks.

The summit will see a convergence of governments, academia and companies working in artificial intelligence to debate and identify risks, opportunities and the need for international collaboration, before highlighting consensus on the scale, importance and urgency for AI opportunities a statement by the British High Commission read.

The US, France, Singapore, Italy, Japan and China among nations have confirmed their attendance at the Bletchley Park Summit, British officials said.

Tech mogul Elon Musk is among the high-profile attendees at the summit. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had posted on X that he will be doing a live interview with tech billionaire Elon Musk at the Summit.

According to reports, Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, US Vice President Kamala Harris and Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni are others who are expected to attend.