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While the G7 leaders, meeting in Hiroshima, Japan, recognised
that the approaches to achieving "the common vision and goal of
trustworthy AI may vary", they said in a statement that "the
governance of the digital economy should continue to be updated
in line with our shared democratic values".
The agreement came after European Union, which is represented at
the G7, inched closer this month to passing legislation to
regulate AI technology, potentially the world's first
comprehensive AI law.
"We want AI systems to be accurate, reliable, safe and
non-discriminatory, regardless of their origin," European
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday.
The G7 leaders mentioned generative AI, the subset popularised
by the ChatGPT app, saying they "need to immediately take stock
of the opportunities and challenges of generative AI."
The heads of government agreed on Friday to create a ministerial
forum dubbed the "Hiroshima AI process" to discuss issues around
generative AI tools, such as intellectual property rights and
disinformation, by the end of this year.
The summit followed a G7 digital ministers' meeting last month,
where the countries - the U.S., Japan, Germany, Britain, France,
Italy and Canada - said they should adopt "risk-based" AI
regulation.
(Reporting by Kantaro Komiya and Supantha Mukherjee; Additional
reporting by Andreas Rinke; Editing by William Mallard)
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