Where democracy began, AI finds a global stage

[Nikos Kokkalias]

The aboriginal of artificial quality and its ethical use took halfway stage astatine the 2nd Athens Innovation Summit, held Thursday nighttime astatine the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, where astir 5,000 radical gathered to perceive Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis successful speech with Demis Hassabis, the Nobel laureate and CEO of Google DeepMind.

The summit, co-organized by Endeavor Greece and Google DeepMind, explored AI’s imaginable to beforehand democracy, combat disinformation, and transform education, while emphasizing the request for work alongside innovation.

“This event, portion of Endeavor’s broader strategy, serves a elemental but almighty idea,” said Costanza Sbokou-Konstantakopoulou, seat of Endeavor Greece, “to guarantee technology is safe, ethical and benefits humanity.”

Earlier, Mitsotakis met with Hassabis and Google’s determination director, Peggy Antonakou, to sermon deepening cooperation, which helium called “strategically significant” for Greece. Hassabis praised the country’s “impressive startup ecosystem and civilization of innovation,” saying Greece has “a immense accidental to beryllium astatine the forefront of maximizing AI’s potential.”