G7 summits in Hiroshima

The development of AI 

 G7 summits have agreed on the “Hiroshima process” for AI 

G7 leaders have agreed to set up a "Hiroshima process" to regulate AI and express concern about the technology's progress, the leaders wrote in a joint statement during the weekend's summit. The governments must hold discussions "at cabinet level" on the issue and present the results at the end of the year.  

The concern is that advances in generative AI could be used for disinformation and political disruption.

But the view on measures differs between countries. Japan is leaning towards monitoring AI with softer guidelines, unlike the EU which wants to see strict laws. 

- If the law becomes too detailed, it will not be able to keep pace with changes in technology, warns Hiroki Habuka at the Wadhwani Center for AI, according to Bloomberg. 

 

Zelensky in Hiroshima/Activists demonstrate. AP  

Hiroshima survivors: Message of peace overshadowed  

Atomic bomb survivors and peace activists in Hiroshima are worried about Ukrainian President Zelensky's visit to the G7 meeting. This is reported by AP.  

A rare chance to put peace and nuclear disarmament on the agenda of world leaders is overshadowed now that all eyes are on Zelenskyi, who has come to ask for more weapons to defend himself against Russia, they feel.  

Etsuko Nakatani, a peace activist whose parents survived the atomic bomb, had hoped the city's tragic fate would inspire world leaders to address the issue of total nuclear disarmament "as an urgent political issue rather than an ideal". 

- But support for nuclear weapons as a deterrent has persisted, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine seems to have further justified it. 

Zelensky/Bachmut. AP 

The Russian Invasion|The Battles  

Zelenskyj: Bachmut is destroyed but not taken  

Bachmut is a destroyed city, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said during the G7 meeting in Hiroshima, Japan, on Sunday.  

- Today, Bachmut exists only in our hearts, he said according to Reuters.  

After that, some confusion arose. Zelenskyy appeared to respond to a reporter's question about whether Bachmut is still in Ukrainian hands with: "I don't think so."  

Afterward, however, his spokesperson said the president answered a question about whether Russia had captured the city, stressing that Zelensky denies that the city fell into Russian hands.  

On Saturday, Russia claimed to have captured Bachmut with the help of Wagner Group forces, and Putin has congratulated the army.  

However, Ukraine's Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Maljar states on Sunday morning that the own army has partially surrounded the city and still controls parts of it