Dozens of countries signed a declaration in Paris on Tuesday (11 February, 2025) calling for AI development to be “open, inclusive, transparent, ethical, safe, secure and trustworthy, taking into account international frameworks for all” and “making AI sustainable for people and the planet, ” reports DW news.
A glance at the declaration reveals 58 countries and 15 institutions signed the ‘Statement’ on Inclusive and Sustainable Artificial Intelligence for People and the Planet’. The refusal of US and China, is being seen as a message to China which recently shook the tech world with AI tool ‘Deep Seek’.
“But the US and UK were notable absentees from the list of signatories of the “Statement on Inclusive and Sustainable Artificial Intelligence,” even as China’s support was secured by co-hosts France and India, ” the DW report adds.
US opined that ‘excessive regulation’ could strifle the surging technology.
The AI Action Summit was held at Elysees Palace, Paris, 10-11 February, 2025. The next summit will be hosted by India.
Hosts France & India, and China were prominent among countries that signed the declaration. Chinese startup DeepSeek last month made its new AI reasoning model freely available, leading to a sharp 17% decline in the price of Nvidia shares. The tech company’s stock price had risen more than tenfold over the past two years amid the emergence of AI models like ChatGPT, DW News says.
The full statement (PDF):
