The Biden administration announced plans to host a global AI safety summit in San Francisco on November 20-21, 2024. The summit aims to enhance international cooperation for the safe, secure, and trustworthy development of artificial intelligence. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will lead the summit, gathering key nations and technical experts.

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• US hosting a global AI safety summit on Nov 20-21, 2024.
• Summit in San Francisco, led by Raimondo & Blinken.
• Focus: global collaboration on safe AI development.
• Members include US, UK, EU, Japan, Canada, Australia & more.
• Concerns about AI’s impact on jobs, elections, and security.
• First meeting of International Network of AI Safety Institutes.
• Raimondo announced network launch during AI Seoul Summit in May.
• Meeting is a precursor to the AI Action Summit in Paris (Feb 2025).
• US Commerce Dept pushing for AI developer reporting requirements.
• President Biden signed an executive order for AI safety in Oct 2023.