King Charles presses AI leaders on safety at Scotland summit
King Charles will press senior leaders from Nvidia, OpenAI, and Anthropic on AI safety at a summit in Scotland on Thursday, focusing on harnessing AI for societal and environmental benefit while addressing deep concerns about its development. The event will feature discussions on shared principles for AI development, with Charles hosting representatives from Google DeepMind, the U.K.'s AI minister Kanishka Narayan, and others convened by the King's Trust and related groups. He will urge attendees to ensure AI remains in service of humanity and the natural world. The summit follows heightened debate over AI risks, with tech chiefs like Sam Altman and Elon Musk calling for regulatory oversight, while figures such as President Donald Trump and Meta's Mark Zuckerberg have pushed back against stricter regulation.