The proposed draft of the Summit refers to Artifical Intelligence technology that is “human rights based, human-centric, ethical, safe, secure and trustworthy”.
It places much less emphasis on safety than the declaration at the inaugural AI summit, held in the UK in 2023, which pointed to the technology’s potential to cause “catastrophic” harm.
Max Tegmark, a leading voice in AI safety, urged countries to shun the statement if it was not amended, saying that its lack of focus on risks from powerful AI systems was a “recipe for disaster”.
Speaking in Paris, the UK tech secretary, Peter Kyle, said the government was “in negotiations” over the statement but “that’s something we don’t comment on while the negotiations unfold”.
A government source said they hoped the negotiations would get to a place over the course of the summit where the UK could sign the declaration and said there was still a considerable amount of time left to have those discussions.
But the source suggested that the UK was prepared to walk away, saying the joint declaration had to be “squarely in British interests” or it would not get its backing. “We always want to get to a place of agreement but it needs to work for the UK,” they said.
Criticism of a draft communique has threatened to overshadow the summit’s final day on Tuesday, when Macron will be joined by von der Leyen as well as the US vice-president, JD Vance, and the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi. Keir Starmer is not attending, reports 'The Guardian'.
With the US reportedly unhappy about the wording, which includes phrases such as “sustainable and inclusive AI”, Politico reported on Monday that the UK was also minded not to sign the communique.
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