World leaders, tech moguls, and AI advocates gathered in Paris on 10-11 February 2025 for the third Artificial Intelligence (AI) Summit. Compared to the 2023 inaugural “AI Safety Summit” at Bletchley (UK) and the 2024 “AI Seoul Summit” (South Korea), the re-wording i.e., “AI Action” signals a shift from theoretical safety concerns to the nuances of implementation. While the focus on ‘action’ is imperative, the Paris AI Action Summit showcases that the world’s current AI priorities may not entirely be aligned with optimal outcomes. By prioritising ‘action’ at the front and centre of AI-related concerns, the summit focused on discussion around employment, investment, ethics, regulation, and public interest AI. The 2025 AI Action Summit secured a non-binding declaration entitled “Statement on Inclusive and Sustainable Artificial Intelligence,” with 61 signatories pledging an open, ethical, safe, and secure use of AI. The event also launched the ‘public interest’ partnership called ‘Current AI’ with an initial investment worth US$400 million, aiming to raise US$2.5 billion over the next five years to facilitate open-source access to databases, software, and tools to trusted AI actors.
Paris AI Action Summit: A missed opportunity? (Megha Shrivastava, Observer Research Foundation)
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