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Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace participates

in AI ethics conference in Hiroshima

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ABU DHABI, 7th July, 2024 (WAM) -- The Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace is participating in an

historic multi-faith event, scheduled to be held in the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 9-10 July,

under the title “AI Ethics for Peace: World Religions commit to the Rome Call”, in partnership

with the Pontifical Academy for Life and Religions for Peace Japan.

The conference is expected to begin on 9th July at the International Conference Center

Hiroshima (DAHLIA), with speeches by Shaikh Al Mahfoudh bin Bayyah, Secretary-General

of the Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace and Chairman of the UAE Council for Fatwa; Reverend

Yoshiharu Tomatsu, Secretary-General of Religions for Peace Japan; Archbishop Vincenzo

Paglia, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life; and Father Paolo Bennati, Professor of

Moral Theology and Ethics of technology at the Pontifical Gregorian University, who will

present the Hiroshima Protocol on Generative Artificial Intelligence, which will become an

integral part of the Rome Call for AI Ethics.

The joint meeting aims to advance the ethics of artificial intelligence, and is considered an

important step in which all religious traditions must participate.

Three sessions will be held during the first day: the first session will focus on “The Scientific

Perspective: Risks and Opportunities of AI,” while the second session will address “The

Technological Perspective: Practical Applications of Ethical AI,” and the third session will

discuss AI Governance.

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