Researchers reboot push for AI safety after Paris summit bust

Experts researching threats stemming from artificial intelligence agreed on key work areas needed to contain dangers like loss of human control or easily accessible bioweapons in a report published Thursday.Many safety-focused scientists were disappointed by February’s Paris AI summit, where the French hosts largely left aside threats to home in on hoped-for economic boons.

But “the mood was exactly the opposite of Paris” at a gathering of experts in Singapore in late April, said MIT researcher and conference organiser Max Tegmark, president of the…