The Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris was to reach its peak with a joint declaration on artificial intelligence, signed by dozens of world leaders. The statement is less ambitious than the Bletchley and Seoul declarations, but both the US and the UK refuse to sign it.
It once again proves that it is difficult to reach consensus on artificial intelligence and other topics in the current (difficult) geopolitical context.
“AI is freed from ideological prejudice and I feel very strongly that American AI will not be adopted as a tool for authoritarian censorship,” JD Vance said in a speech at the summit’s closing ceremony. . .
“The United States is an AI leader and our administration plans to keep it that way,” he added.
In all, 61 countries, including China, India, Japan, Australia and Canada, said, “The focus is on AI open, inclusive, transparent, ethical, safe, safe and reliable. He signed a declaration saying that. Also, when it comes to AI governance, greater collaboration is needed when promoting “global dialogue.”
The early response expresses disappointment at the lack of ambition. “This missed opportunity should not be repeated at the next international summit,” humanity’s Dario Amodei wrote in a statement. “AI advances present a major new global challenge. We must move faster and more clearly to face them.”
More countries may sign a declaration several hours after the event.
Lighter AI regulations are a common topic across events. Earlier on Tuesday, EU President Ursula von der Leyen reminded senior officials that EU AI safety regulations were also designed to simplify interactions across the bloc’s member states.
“This is the purpose of AI law and is to provide one safe rule across the European Union: 450 million people,” emphasized von der Reyen. “In place of 27 different national regulations and safety for business.”
“At the same time, we know that we have to make it easier, and we need to cut the red tape — and we do,” she added.
On Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron urged Europe to simplify regulations to return to AI races. “It is very clear that we must be synchronized with other parts of the world from a communication perspective, from a permit, permit, clinical trial perspective. That is, in all different sectors.”
The government leaders described the immediate need for regulations that could hinder innovation as a “risk and options dilemma” and “may hinder innovation.”
At the same time, the French president walked the fine lines as he defended the need for international governance on artificial intelligence. “We need these rules to advance artificial intelligence,” he argued.
“It’s not a problem of rebellion, it’s not a problem of disruption to innovation, it’s a problem of enabling. [innovation] It will happen at an international level, avoiding fragmentation,” Macron added.
For the United States, not signing the AI Action Summit Declaration is a matter of diplomatic principles. Early in Donald Trump’s second presidency, the United States withdrew from several international organizations, including the World Health Organization and the Paris Climate Agreement. You can now add AI Summit Consensus to that list.
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