This is the first International Scientific Report on the Safety of Advanced AI. 

Following an interim publication in May 2024, a diverse group of 96 Artificial Intelligence (AI) experts contributed to this first full report, including an international Expert Advisory Panel nominated by 30 countries, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the European Union (EU), and the United Nations (UN). The report aims to provide scientific information that will support informed policymaking. It does not recommend specific policies.

While this report is concerned with AI risks and AI safety, AI also offers many potential benefits for people, businesses, and society. There are many types of AI, each with different benefits and risks. Most of the time, in most applications, AI helps individuals and organisations be more effective. But people around the world will only be able to fully enjoy AI’s many potential benefits safely if its risks are appropriately managed. This report focuses on identifying these risks and evaluating methods for mitigating them. It does not aim to comprehensively assess all possible societal impacts of AI, including its many potential benefits.

Conclusion?

The first International AI Safety Report finds that the future of general‑purpose AI is remarkably uncertain.

There is a wide range of possible outcomes even in the near future, including both very positive and very negative ones, as well as anything in between. General-purpose AI has immense potential for education, medical applications, research advances in fields such as chemistry, biology, or physics, and generally increased prosperity thanks to AI-enabled innovation.

If managed properly, general-purpose AI systems could substantially improve the lives of people worldwide.

It won’t be though, will it?