The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence hosted the fourth AI Partnership for Defence (AI PfD) dialogue, making it the first country outside of the United States to do so. The forum brings together like-minded defense partners to discuss respective policies, approaches, challenges, and solutions in adopting AI-enabled capabilities.
The US Department of Defense (DoD) Joint AI Centre (JAIC) created the collaboration in 2020 to work and exchange worldwide best practice. It has since grown from 13 to 16 countries. The latest US national security panel on AI, which reported to Congress earlier this year, emphasized the relevance of the recurring forum. Similarly, AI was featured in the UK’s Integrated Strategic Plan.
General Sir Patrick Sanders, the head of UK Strategic Command, said:
By bringing together 16 like-minded nations to discuss AI, this partnership opens an essential international dialogue that benefits our collective Defence and promotes a common vision for the responsible use of AI.
The UK delegation includes representatives from the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), the new Defence AI Centre and the Defence AI and Autonomy Unit with UK participation coordinated by the British Defence Staff in Washington DC. The 2-day event focused on AI governance, and considered the role of organisational strategies, policies, standards, regulation and risk management frameworks in both providing assurance, and enabling innovation.
Steve Meers, head of Dstl’s AI Centre, said:
The AI partnership is a vitally important initiative that builds on a growing set of international nations coming together to ensure we are all clear and agree on the responsible application of AI, and to support one another as we deal with global defence and security challenges.
The event follows Dstl’s virtual AI Fest 4, which ran a ‘trustworthy AI’ theme including more than 110 talks over 2 days and 50 spotlight talks on demand.
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