Britain’s King Charles III has warned artificial intelligence (AI) executives about the potentially catastrophic consequences of the technology falling into the wrong hands.
The King issued the warning during a summit he convened at Dumfries House in Ayrshire to explore how AI could be developed and deployed for the benefit of society.
The meeting brought together UK AI Minister Kanishka Narayan, an adviser to the Pope, and representatives of major AI companies, including Nvidia, OpenAI and Anthropic.
The summit comes amid growing concerns from technology industry leaders about the rapidly advancing capabilities of so-called “frontier” AI models and calls for stronger safeguards and regulation.
According to a BBC report published on Thursday, King Charles told the executives that some of the people responsible for developing AI were increasingly warning about the possibility of the technology acquiring dangerous capabilities.
“Those who have created these technologies are now increasingly warning that AI risks developing darker capacities, perhaps even to take life,” the King said.
He stressed the need for urgent consideration of the existential risks associated with advanced AI, particularly the possibility of the technology being misused in ways that could have catastrophic consequences.
“The task before you is not merely to advance technology, but to ensure that it remains firmly in the service of humanity, community and the natural world,” Charles told participants.
The summit was convened to examine the possibility of establishing a “shared set of principles” to guide the future development and application of AI.
The discussions reflect growing international efforts to balance the potential benefits of AI with concerns over safety, misuse and the wider impact of increasingly powerful technologies.
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