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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.

From:: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and The Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP
Published: 15 March 2024

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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

Published 15 March 2024