András Koltay told an international AI symposium Humans in Charge 2024, organised by NMHH, that AI offered great potential while also carried risks, so an environment must be created whereby innovation is combined with the responsible use of AI.

Kay Firth-Butterfield, chief executive of Good Tech Advisory, said ideas that brought improvements to society must be encouraged while it was also important to preserve diversity.

Mario Hernandez Ramos, chair of the Council of Europe’s Committee on Artificial Intelligence, argued that AI must remain human-focused, and a global dialogue was needed on its use and development.

Ansgar Koene, Global AI Ethics and Regulatory Leader at EY, welcomed the fact that the United Nations had started the exchange of opinions on the subject. Gyorgy Tilesch, founder and president of PHI Institute for Augmented Intelligence, said institutions and communities focused on AI must be developed.

“Resources need to be concentrated at an unprecedented level,” he added. Brando Benifei, MEP and EU AI Act Co-Rapporteur, said the appearance of AI was “more horizontal” and had a broader effect than internet had. “It is like electricity; it will rewrite everything,” he added.