Hong Kong to set up ‘AI city brain’ to boost disaster response and public safety

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Hong Kong government will establish an AI-driven ‘city brain’ system to enhance disaster response and public safety while creating a new AI commissioner role to address emerging AI challenges. The initiative is part of the city’s technology development plan addressing risks including AI use in crime.

Hong Kong will create an “AI city brain” system to strengthen its response to extreme weather events, major incidents and public order management, while creating the role of artificial intelligence commissioner to tackle emerging challenges. While the city’s first five-year plan set out a vision to advance technology development, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu outlined seven key areas of AI risk governance in Wednesday’s policy address, including efforts to combat the use of AI in crime and...