US, UK and a dozen more countries unveil pact to make AI ‘secure by design’

Non-binding 20-page agreement signed by 18 countries says companies must develop AI that keeps public safe from misuse

The United States, the United Kingdom and more than a dozen other countries on Sunday unveiled what a senior US official described as the first detailed international agreement on how to keep artificial intelligence safe from rogue actors, pushing for companies to create AI systems that are secure by design".

In a 20-page document unveiled on Sunday, the 18 countries agreed that companies designing and using AI need to develop and deploy it in a way that keeps customers and the wider public safe from misuse.