AI’s ‘Godfather’ Yoshua Bengio has given a big warning about the fast growing race of AI. He says that OpenAI, Google and other big tech companies can compromise safety in competition with startups like China’s DeepSeek.

Highlights of AI Safety Report

The first International AI Safety Report was released during the 2023 AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park. This report was prepared by 96 experts together and was commissioned by the UK government.

Fear of malicious use of AI

The report says that AI has now become so advanced that it can generate detailed instructions for making biological weapons, which are even better than human experts. But it is not yet clear to what extent beginners (novices) can misuse it.

The tussle between AI competition and security

Bengio said in an interview given to The Guardian that if a company feels that it is far ahead of the competition, then it can focus on safety. But if two companies are at the same level, then both can ignore safety in order to move ahead quickly.

DeepSeek vs OpenAI: Global AI War

China’s startup DeepSeek is growing rapidly in AI, which is a big challenge for US-based companies like OpenAI and Google. Bengio says that this competition can create a big risk for AI security and ethics.

Future of AI and Global Summit

The next Global AI Summit is going to be held in Paris in February to discuss the benefits and risks of AI. Where medical and scientific benefits of AI will be discussed, there will also be a serious discussion on its dangers.

Conclusion

The race of AI is a double-edged sword—on one hand it can bring revolution in medicine and technology, and on the other hand its misuse can become a big threat to the world in areas like cybersecurity and biological weapons. It has now become very important to maintain a balance between AI development and safety.