AI Summit Aims for Innovation and Safe Artificial Intelligence

World leaders and tech executives began meeting in Paris (France) today (February 10) to discuss innovation and how to apply artificial intelligence (AI) safely.

Towards innovation

The eagerness to regulate AI has eased since previous summits in Britain and South Korea, where the attention of world powers focused on the risks of the technology after ChatGPT launched in 2022.

World leaders and tech executives begin meeting in Paris to discuss AI.

As US President Donald Trump dismantles his predecessor's AI barriers to boost US competitiveness, pressure has mounted on the European Union (EU) to pursue a softer approach to AI, to help European companies stay in the technological race. "If we want growth, jobs and progress, we have to enable innovators, builders and developers," said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

Some EU leaders, including the summit host, French President Emmanuel Macron, are hoping for flexibility in the bloc's new AI Act to support domestic start-ups. "There is a risk that some will decide not to follow the rules, and that is dangerous. But there is also the opposite risk, if Europe sets too many rules. We should not be afraid of innovation," Macron told French newspapers.

Mr Trump's initial moves on AI highlight how different AI regulatory strategies are in the US, China and the EU.

Last year, European lawmakers approved the bloc’s AI Act, the world’s first comprehensive set of rules governing the technology. Tech giants and some capitals are pushing for light-touch enforcement. Moreover, Mr. Trump’s approach has encouraged regulatory-wary U.S. tech giants that Europe needs to seek investment from.

Meanwhile, China's DeepSeek challenged the US and UK's AI lead last month by releasing a human-like reasoning system for free, prompting geopolitical and industrial rivals to race even faster.

However, Mr. Trump did not send staff from the U.S. AI Safety Institute to the Paris summit, a worrying sign for those hoping for risk-based rules governing global AI.

AI requires huge amounts of energy

Top political leaders including US Vice President JD Vance and Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing attended the summit. Others on the list of attendees include Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Developing safe AI is a challenge for the tech industry.

The Elysee Palace said Mr. Macron will meet Mr. Truong Quoc Thanh today and Mr. Vance on Tuesday. The plenary session will take place tomorrow (February 11). Top executives such as Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai and OpenAI's Altman will speak at the conference.

Delegations are also expected to discuss managing AI’s massive energy demands as the planet warms and AI for developing countries. A non-binding declaration is being discussed.

Ahead of the summit, France reached an agreement with the United Arab Emirates on a major AI data center with an investment of up to $50 billion.

Over the weekend, Nvidia-backed French startup Mistral announced the opening of a data center in the greater Paris area. “The French and the world recognize that European companies are important and provide cutting-edge technology,” said Arthur Mensch, CEO of Mistral, which launched a new app with generative AI software last week.

Not everyone in Paris agrees with looking further afield at the potential dangers of AI.

Yoshua Bengio, considered one of the “Godfathers of AI,” said at a side event yesterday that pioneering AI has demonstrated the ability to deceive and protect itself, signaling future risks. “I’m speaking my mind to anyone who will listen. I’m not going to stop,” Bengio said.

(Source: Reuters)

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