The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit was held at the Grand Palais, Paris, France, from 10 to 11 February 2025.[1][2][3] The summit was co-chaired by French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.[4][5][6][7] The 2025 AI Action Summit followed the 2023 AI Safety Summit hosted at Bletchley Park in the UK, and the 2024 AI Seoul Summit in South Korea.[8]
Whereas the 2023 AI Safety Summit was attended by representatives from 29 governments and executives from only a handful of AI companies, over 1,000 participants from more than 100 countries attended the 2025 Paris AI Summit, representing government leaders, international organisations, the academic and research community, the private sector, and civil society.[9][10][11][12]
Background
The First International AI Safety Report was published on 29 January 2025.[13][14] Commissioned after the inaugural AI Safety Summit, the report is focused on the risks and threats posed by general-purpose AI, and was intended to inform discussions at the 2025 summit in France.[14] However, unlike the first summit, the 2025 meeting de-emphasised AI safety; this was reflected in the name of the summit, which dropped the word "safety" in favour of "action".[9] While safety issues were on the agenda as a subset of the "Trust in AI" pillar, the main focus of the 2025 AI Action Summit was on unlocking economic opportunities enabled by AI.[9]
On Sunday 9 February, French President Emmanuel Macron posted a compilation of AI-generated deepfake video clips of himself on Instagram to help publicise the start of the 2025 AI Action Summit the following day.[15][16] While acknowledging the humour of the deepfakes, the real Macron states in the video that using artificial intelligence, "we can do some very big things: change healthcare, energy, life in our society".[16]
Proceedings
Day 1
In her opening address, French special envoy Anne Bouverot dismissed the potential for humans to lose control of AI as "science fiction".[9] Instead, her speech focused on the environmental impact of AI, warning that "its current trajectory is unsustainable" due to the amount of energy and resources required to develop and use it.[4]
General secretary Christy Hoffman of the UNI Global Union said that "AI-driven productivity gains risk turning the technology into yet another engine of inequality, further straining our democracies".[4]
Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing made a speech expressing China's willingness "to work with other countries to promote development, safeguard security, and share achievements in the field of artificial intelligence".[17][18]
A new coalition, the Robust Open Online Safety Tools (ROOST) initiative, debuted at the summit.[18] Supported by Google, Discord, OpenAI, and Roblox, and incubated at the Institute of Global Politics at Columbia University, the organization is developing free, open-source tools to detect and report child sexual abuse material (CSAM).[18][19]
Day 2
World leaders at AI Action Summit in Paris, 11 February 2025
On 11 February 2025, the French government announced its $400 million endowment of Current AI, a new foundation to support the creation of AI "public goods" including high-quality datasets and open-source tools and infrastructure.[20] Launched by President Macron, Current AI is backed by nine governments – Finland, France, Germany, Chile, India, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Slovenia, and Switzerland – plus various philanthropic organisations and private companies such as Google and Salesforce.[21]
The Summit of Heads of State and Government took place with a plenary session in the Grand Palais.[23] Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India stressed the need to "democratise technology" and "[ensure] access to all, especially in the Global South".[24]
Vice President JD Vance of the United States used his speech to warn against "excessive regulation of the AI" which "could kill a transformative sector just as it's taking off".[25] Vance also warned other leaders against cooperating with "authoritarian regimes" on AI, a comment widely interpreted as a reference to China.[26][27]
Investments
At the summit, the European Union made several announcements related to planned investments supporting AI development.[18] President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission launched InvestAI, a €200 billion initiative, including €20 billion to build four AI gigafactories to train highly complex, very large models.[18][28]
In addition, a coalition of more than 60 European companies launched the EU AI Champions Initiative.[18] Led by venture capital firm General Catalyst, the coalition plans to invest €150 billion in AI-related businesses and infrastructure in Europe over five years.[18]
President Emmanuel Macron announced that private investors had pledged to invest nearly €110 billion in the AI sector in France.[29] Financing of between €30 to €50 billion is expected from the United Arab Emirates to build a very large data centre campus, with another €20 billion from the Canadian investment firm Brookfield Corporation.[29][30]
Reactions
Fortune.com AI editor Jeremy Kahn described the 2025 Paris Summit as an "AI festival, complete with glitzy corporate side events and even a late night dance party", contrasting it with the "decidedly sober" mood of the inaugural AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park.[9]
At the summit, 58 countries, including France, China, and India, signed a joint declaration, the Statement on Inclusive and Sustainable Artificial Intelligence for People and the Planet.[32] The statement outlines general principles such as accessibility and overcoming the digital divide; developing AI that is open, transparent, ethical, safe, and trustworthy; avoiding market concentration of AI development to encourage innovation; positive outcomes for labour markets; making AI sustainable; and promoting international cooperation and governance.[33][34]
The US and UK refused to sign the declaration on inclusive and sustainable AI.[35][36][34] The UK government said in a brief statement that the international agreement did not go far enough in defining global governance of AI and addressing concerns about its impact on national security.[36]
Signatories
The list of signatory countries to the statement for inclusive and sustainable AI in alphabetical order:[34]
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Canada
Chile
China
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Djibouti
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Mexico
Monaco
Morocco
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Rwanda
Senegal
Serbia
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Netherlands
United Arab Emirates
Ukraine
Uruguay
Vatican
Additional signatories included the following international bodies and research institutes:[12]
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