South Korea is set to hold the follow-up to last year’s AI Summit held in Bletchley Park.

The AI Seoul Summit will be held on the 21st and 22nd of May, with the UK set to co-host the event.

The two-day summit will kick off with a virtual leaders’ session co-chaired by UK prime minister Rishi Sunak and Republic of Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol.

The second day will see Digital Ministers from various nations come in person for an event co-hosted by UK Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan and Korean Science Minister Lee Jong-Ho.

The new events aim to build on the progress made at the last AI Safety Summit.

UK tech secretary, Michelle Donelan said: “The summit we held at Bletchley Park in November was a generational moment.

"We agreed the historic Bletchley Declaration and have ensured discussions around AI safely are firmly on the international agenda. If we continue to bring international governments and a broad range of voices together, I have every confidence that we can continue to develop a global approach which will allow us to realise the transformative potential of this generation-defining technology safely and responsibly."

Back in November, 28 countries reached a ‘world-first’ agreement outlining a shared understanding of the opportunities and risks of AI at the first AI Summit.

'The Bletchley Declaration on AI', made at Bletchley Park, gained support from the US, China and EU member states.

The bill was also signed by nations such as Brazil, France, India, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates.

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