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G7 Ministerial Declaration: deployment of AI and innovation

The G7 Industry, Technology and Digital Ministerial Declaration signed on Friday 15 March 2024.

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

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The Declaration sets out:

  • a report analysing driving factors and challenges of AI adoption and development among companies, especially mirco, Small, Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
  • collaborating to foster growth in the quantum industry, and the importance of skills needed for the quantum workforce.
  • a new semiconductors Point of Contact (POC) group to facilitate information exchange and sharing best practises among G7 members.
  • a Joint Statement on Secure Connectivity for Secure and Resilient Digital Communications Networks.
  • to ensure the long-term sustainability of outer space activities, including orbital debris mitigation.
  • to explore the development of mechanisms to monitor the application of the Hiroshima Artificial Intelligence Process (HAIP) Code of Conduct.
  • an AI Toolkit to help the public sector and, where relevant, other stakeholders, translate principles of safe, secure and trustworthy AI into actionable policies.
  • a compendium of Digital Government Services to share good practice of digital government initiatives.

The Declaration is accompanied by the following annexes:

  • Annex 1 - Joint Statement on cable connectivity for secure and resilience digital communications network
  • Annex 2 – toolkit for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the public sector
  • Annex 3 – advancing the outcomes of the Hiroshima Artificial Intelligence Process (HAIP)
  • Annex 4 – compendium of digital government services and mapping exercise of digital identity approaches

Read more about the G7 Ministerial Declaration.

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Published 15 March 2024

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