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The King and AI: Charles, the British monarch, meets with artificial intelligence leaders amid growing security concerns

The King and AI: Charles, the British monarch, meets with artificial intelligence leaders amid growing security concerns

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September 18th, 2026

The King and AI: Charles, the British monarch, meets with artificial intelligence leaders amid growing security concerns

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On Thursday, King Charles III urged senior executives from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and Nvidia to ensure that artificial intelligence remains under control and at the service of people and the planet.

El rey Carlos III instó el jueves a altos dirigentes de OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind y Nvidia a cerciorarse de que la inteligencia artificial permanezca bajo control y al servicio de las personas y del planeta.

The summit convened in Scotland with the aim of elucidating how AI can redound to the benefit of society comes at a pivotal moment for this technology, inasmuch as the debate hinges on whether its breakneck advances will soon place it beyond humanity's capacity to control it.

La cumbre convocada en Escocia con el propósito de dilucidar de qué manera la IA puede redundar en beneficio de la sociedad llega en un momento decisivo para esta tecnología, en tanto que el debate se articula en torno a si sus vertiginosos avances la situarán pronto más allá de la capacidad humana de controlarla.

"The development of AIits essence and its pacestrikes one as at once fascinating and profoundly unsettling in equal measure," declared the King in his opening address.

"El desarrollo de la IAsu esencia y su ritmose antoja a un tiempo fascinante y profundamente inquietante en idéntica medida", declaró el rey en su alocución inaugural.

He asserted that the "existential dangers of such technologies falling into the wrong hands and being used in potentially catastrophic ways" must be considered with the utmost urgency.

Afirmó que los "peligros existenciales de que tales tecnologías caigan en manos equivocadas y se utilicen de maneras potencialmente catastróficas" deben ser considerados con suma urgencia.

Consequently, do we not require sufficiently forceful means of control before the critical moment overtakes us irremediably?, he inquired.

Por consiguiente, ¿acaso no requerimos de medios de control lo suficientemente contundentes antes de que el momento crítico nos alcance irremediablemente?, inquirió.

The king urged those in attendance, among them Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Google DeepMind president Demis Hassabis, to weigh the "fundamental principles" that were to govern the development of AI.

El rey instó a los asistentes, entre ellos el CEO de Nvidia, Jensen Huang, y el presidente de Google DeepMind, Demis Hassabis, a que ponderaran los "principios fundamentales" que habrían de regir el desarrollo de la IA.

The meeting was likewise attended by Sarah Friar, OpenAI's chief financial officerthe company behind ChatGPT—, accompanied by the UK's minister for AI, Kanishka Narayan.

A la reunión asistió igualmente Sarah Friar, directora financiera de OpenAIla empresa creadora de ChatGPT—, en compañía del ministro de IA de Reino Unido, Kanishka Narayan.

Furthermore, according to a statement from Buckingham Palace, the attendance of a representative from Anthropic was anticipated.

Asimismo, conforme a un comunicado del Palacio de Buckingham, se preveía la asistencia de un representante de Anthropic.

The meeting comes at a time when global attention is focused on the vertiginous advance of AI and on warnings that it could slip beyond all control and emerge as a threat to humanity.

La reunión se produce en un momento en que la atención global se halla focalizada en el vertiginoso avance de la IA y en las advertencias de que esta podría escapar a todo control y erigirse en una amenaza para la humanidad.

It was held at Dumfries House, in Ayrshire, Scotland, the seat of The King's Foundation, the monarch's charitable organisation.

Se celebró en Dumfries House, en Ayrshire, Escocia, sede de The King's Foundation, la organización benéfica del monarca.

Following the uproar sparked by the resignation of Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon, who issued a grave warning about the potential risks of the technology, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei responded with an essay in which he argued that the industry might find itself in the position of having to slow the pace of its work.

Tras el revuelo suscitado por la dimisión del investigador de Anthropic Jacob Coxon, quien formuló una grave advertencia acerca de los riesgos potenciales de la tecnología, el CEO de Anthropic, Dario Amodei, replicó con un ensayo en el que sostenía que la industria podría verse en la tesitura de frenar el ritmo de su labor.

One of his proposals consisted in companies and countries pooling their efforts in a coordinated plan aimed at averting such a slowdown.

Una de sus propuestas estribaba en que las empresas y los países aunasen esfuerzos en un plan coordinado con miras a conjurar dicha desaceleración.

The monarch, without alluding to any specific countries or companies, expressed his wish that those attending the meeting should deliberate on how to capitalize on the benefits of AI "with safety at its core" and how to "build international cooperation and consensus" in order to bring it to fruition.

El monarca, sin aludir a países ni empresas concretos, manifestó su deseo de que los concurrentes a la reunión ponderaran cómo capitalizar los beneficios de la IA "con la seguridad en su centro" y cómo "construir cooperación internacional y consenso" para materializarlo.

Carlos warned the technology executives that their task "does not consist merely in advancing technology, but in ensuring that it remains unwaveringly at the service of humanity, the community, and the natural world."

Carlos advirtió a los ejecutivos tecnológicos que su cometido "no estriba meramente en propulsar la tecnología, sino en garantizar que esta permanezca inquebrantablemente al servicio de la humanidad, la comunidad y el mundo natural".

The debate surrounding the slowing down of AI has split the industry.

El debate en torno a la ralentización de la IA ha escindido a la industria.

Huang, who has censured the call to slow down, maintained that it falls to each company to develop its AI technology safely and to subject it to the pertinent tests before releasing any product to the public.

Huang, quien ha censurado el llamamiento a frenar, sostuvo que compete a cada empresa desarrollar su tecnología de IA de forma segura y someterla a las pruebas pertinentes antes de lanzar cualquier producto al público.

"When a product does not possess the indispensable safety conditions, it is necessary to hold it back and continue with the engineering.

«Cuando un producto no atesora las condiciones de seguridad indispensables, menester es retenerlo y proseguir con la ingeniería.

We have always done so and we ought to persevere in it," he said in his speech following the king's words.

Siempre lo hemos hecho y deberíamos perseverar en ello», dijo en su discurso tras las palabras del rey.

In its most recent report on alarming AI behaviors, OpenAI documented on Wednesday six incidents of "unexpected or concerning" conduct exhibited by its models, such as acting without authorization, coordinating with other models, and evading oversight.

En el más reciente informe sobre comportamientos alarmantes de la IA, OpenAI consignó el miércoles seis incidentes de conducta "inesperada o preocupante" protagonizados por sus modelos, tales como obrar sin autorización, coordinarse con otros modelos y eludir la supervisión.

Even though the king constitutes a symbolic figure of the first order, whose addresses on social issues can exert considerable influence, a good deal of the contemporary debate surrounding AI safety gravitates around American technology companies and their struggle with Chinese rivals, with the United Kingdom playing a secondary yet no less essential role.

Aun cuando el rey constituye una figura simbólica de primer orden cuyas alocuciones sobre cuestiones sociales pueden ejercer notable influencia, buena parte del debate contemporáneo en torno a la seguridad de la IA gravita en derredor de las empresas tecnológicas estadounidenses y de su pugna con rivales chinos, correspondiéndole al Reino Unido un papel secundario pero no por ello menos esencial.

The UK's AI Safety Institute, a government organisation dedicated to research, enjoys a well-established reputation, and the country produces a substantial contingent of AI researchers, among whom figure the president of Google DeepMind, Demis Hassabis, and Coxon.

El Instituto de Seguridad de IA del Reino Unido, una organización gubernamental dedicada a la investigación, goza de una reputación consolidada, y el país produce un nutrido contingente de investigadores en IA, entre los que figuran el presidente de Google DeepMind, Demis Hassabis, y Coxon.

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