The US and the UK have refused to sign the Artificial Intelligence Litigation Summit Declaration, which calls for a policy that ensures that AI is open, inclusive, transparent, ethical, safe, safe and reliable.
At the summit in Paris on Monday and Tuesday, delegates from over 100 countries gathered to discuss how to reach a consensus to guide the development of AI.
“We are still in the early days. I already believe that AI will be the deepest change in our lifetime,” Google CEO Sundar Pichai told the Summit.
The conference, held in a three-way race for AI domination, revealed gaps in the priorities of several countries.
While Europe aims to regulate and invest, China focuses on expanding access through state-backed tech giants, while the US is pushing for a handoff approach from a regulatory standpoint.
Here’s what you need to know about the Summit and AI Race:
What was discussed at the AI Summit?
Some leaders at the summit highlighted the need to create a human rights-based, ethical, safe, reliable, diverse and inclusive AI “ecosystems.” Others expressed concern that overregulation in the industry could curb technology innovation and development.
The summit also highlighted the importance of supporting developing countries in AI development to reduce inequality and ensure broader access to the benefits of AI.
On the first day, France’s Emmanuel Macron, who co-hosted the summit with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, called the summit a “awakening call for European strategy” as the continent fell into an AI development race.
After a speech and meeting by global leaders, the two-day summit ended with a declaration outlining the basic basic rules of AI development that the country adheres to.
What did the summit declaration say?
The countries attending were asked to sign a trustworthy AI pledge in the work world, a non-binding declaration.
The declaration outlined six key priorities:
Ensuring that AI to reduce digital divisions that promote AI accessibility is open, inclusive, transparent, ethical, safe, safe and reliable. Proactively shaping the future of work and labor markets, encouraging the deployment of AI that provides opportunities for sustainable growth, providing opportunities to make AI sustainable for people, and promoting coordination of international governance Strengthen the planet to strengthen international cooperation
Who signed the pledge and who didn’t?
Sixty countries have signed the declaration, including Canada, China, France and India.
However, the US and the UK did not sign the final statement.
Why did the United States and the UK oppose the agreement?
The US did not provide an official explanation for not signing.
However, in his speech at the summit, US Vice President JD Vance highlighted the administration’s concerns about excessive regulation that would curb innovation in the AI sector.
He warned that strict regulations could “kill transformative industries,” imposing “large regulations,” and European regulations to create “unlimited legal compliance costs” for businesses. He warned that he criticized the framework.
Vance also expressed concern that certain content moderation efforts could lead to “authoritarian censorship.”
Regarding the UK, a spokesman for Prime Minister Kiel Starmer said: that. “
“Security remains a key part of the future of AI and we look forward to continuing discussion in this area.”
Who is winning the AI race?
The US seemed to hold solid hold on the advantage of AI technology, but in recent weeks China was a big deal with the surprising global launch of Deepseek, an AI chatbot similar to ChatGpt built in the US. I did that, but the developer said it had developed it. A small portion of the cost. Some countries block access to DeepSeek, citing security concerns and the ways in which systems process users’ personal data.
Toby Walsh, chief scientist at the AI Institute at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, said that the two-country race between the US and China at the moment, adding that “raciality is not over.”
“There’s always a chance that a turtle will catch up with a rabbit, and we’ve certainly seen it in China. China has definitely caught up,” he told Al Jazeera.
However, Adrian Monck, former managing director of the World Economic Forum, which specializes in AI and technology, said: They need other countries… lead. ”
What has the US achieved with AI?
Openai quickly jumped to the forefront of the race when it launched ChatGpt on November 30, 2022.
Two months after its launch, ChatGpt became the world’s fastest growing consumer app, attracting over 100 million users by January.
From there, other contestants rushed to take part in the race, including Google’s Gemini and billionaire Elon Musk’s Grok.
US President Donald Trump has made it clear that he is fully supportive of AI development in the United States since the start of his second term on January 20th.
Last month he announced a $500 million private sector investment to fund AI infrastructure with the aim of overtaking rival nations in the development of the technology.
Trump said that it will be called the biggest AI infrastructure project in history, and that joint ventures called Openai, Softbank, Oracle and Stargate will be building data centers and creating more than 100,000 jobs in the US.
However, some bad blood has formed between two Openai co-founders, CEO Sam Altman and Musk.
The two have been caught up in a lawsuit, and Musk has criticized Stargate, suggesting that the investors involved are lacking funds for the project. “They don’t actually have the money. …I have that with good authority,” Musk wrote this month on social media platform X, previously known as Twitter.
On Monday, the Musk-led consortium said it had provided $97.4 billion to buy the nonprofit that administers Openai.
Altman immediately posted to X: “Thank you, but I’ll buy Twitter for $9.74 billion if necessary.”
“There’s nothing that stops billionaires from doing little things,” Walsh said.
What has China achieved?
In March 2023, Chinese tech giant Baidu announced the answer to ChatGpt, a platform called Ernie Bot, which suffers early as AI races get heated.
However, at the end of January, Chinese startup Deepseek sent shockwaves through the global technology sector with the release of an AI chatbot model comparable to the creation of Google and Openai.
The creators of Deepseek-R1 say that the model was developed using fewer advanced and fewer computer chips than the ones adopted by US tech giants.
The model’s development team said they spent less than $6 million on computing power to train the model. This is part of a multi-billion-dollar AI budget used by US tech giants.
Jody Westby, CEO of Global Cyber Risk, a technology and advisory company that provides cybersecurity services, said Openai and Deepseek’s approach to AI systems development is very different. .
“The US has invested heavily in artificial intelligence, but has placed export controls around it because of the critical area of chips for cloud access.
Can Europe catch up?
Westby said part of the summit’s goal is to create a smoother and less complicated business environment in Europe for AI development.
“But I think it’s very difficult to achieve,” she said. “The European Union already has the most comprehensive, broad and comprehensive legislation on the use and development of artificial intelligence in every part of the world, so there are many talks and I think it’s rare to walk. ”
Westby added that “Understanding” the EU Artificial Intelligence Act will be difficult.
Monck said he agreed to Macron’s opening statement at the summit.
“Because it’s about economic growth,” he said. “If we don’t see economic growth spreading beyond the US and across the rest of the world, we’ll be having a very rocky year for the next few years.”