18 countries including the United States and the United Kingdom have signed an agreement that AI design should be based on safety

International Electronic Business News More than a dozen countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom, have announced an agreement on how to protect artificial intelligence from criminals, urging companies to develop artificial intelligence (AI) systems "based on security design."

According to Reuters, 18 countries including the United States and the United Kingdom announced a detailed international agreement on how to protect artificial intelligence from rogue actors on the 26th to urge companies to develop artificial intelligence (AI) systems "based on security design" .

In a 20-page document, 18 countries agreed that companies designing and using artificial intelligence need to develop and deploy it in a way that ensures customers and the public at large are protected from misuse.

The agreement is non-binding and consists of mostly general recommendations such as monitoring AI systems for abuse, protecting data from tampering and vetting software vendors.

Nonetheless, Jen Easterly, director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said, “It is important that multiple countries agree that artificial intelligence systems need to put security first.”

The agreement is the latest move by governments around the world to shape the development of artificial intelligence. In addition to the United States and the United Kingdom, the 18 countries that have signed the new guidelines include Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Poland, Australia, Chile, Israel, Nigeria and Singapore.

It is understood that Europe is ahead of the United States in regulating artificial intelligence, and European lawmakers are drafting artificial intelligence rules. Earlier this month, France, Germany and Italy also reached an agreement on how to regulate artificial intelligence, supporting so-called "mandatory self-regulation through codes of conduct" for AI-based models that are designed to produce a wide range of outputs .

Additionally, the U.S. government has been pressuring lawmakers to regulate artificial intelligence, but a polarized U.S. Congress has made little progress in passing effective regulation. The White House issued a new executive order in October seeking to reduce the risks of artificial intelligence to consumers, workers and minority groups while strengthening national security.

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