Global Leaders Can’t Reach Consensus on AI Rules at Paris Summit

Leaders from across the world met in Paris on Tuesday to discuss artificial intelligence (AI) and its future, but were not able to find common ground on how to regulate the technology. French President Emmanuel Macron called for increased regulation of AI in order to keep it on track, saying that they were necessary if the technology is going to improve. However, US Vice President JD Vance was vocal about opposition to overregulation, warning that it would stifle the progress of AI.

Macron spoke of the need for global collaboration and regulation of AI, and Vance criticized European regulation, and the European Union’s Digital Services Act in particular, as unfairly restricting American tech firms. Vance also spoke of the threat of authoritarian regimes like China leveraging AI to suppress their own people.

Notwithstanding these differences, the summit concluded with a communiqué signed by 61 nations, including China, Germany, and India, on ensuring AI to be open, ethical, and secure. But not by the United States and the United Kingdom. The second AI summit will be held by India.