# Paris AI Action Summit

**Type:** International governance summit
**Date:** February 10-11, 2025
**Location:** Paris, France
**Host:** French government (Emmanuel Macron)
**Participants:** 100+ countries
**Signatories:** 60 countries (including Canada, China, France, India)
**Notable non-signatories:** United States, United Kingdom

## Overview

The Paris AI Action Summit was the third major international AI governance summit following Bletchley Park (November 2023) and Seoul (May 2024). Unlike its predecessors, Paris produced no new binding commitments and could only 'note' the voluntary commitments from previous summits rather than building upon them.

## Key Outcomes

- **Declaration:** 60 countries signed, but US and UK declined
- **Binding commitments:** None
- **Safety commitments:** None substantial, despite publication of International AI Safety Report 2025
- **Framing shift:** From 'AI Safety' (Bletchley/Seoul) to 'AI Action' (economic competitiveness)

## UK Statement on Non-Participation

The UK government stated the declaration didn't 'provide enough practical clarity on global governance' and didn't 'sufficiently address harder questions around national security and the challenge that AI poses to it.'

## Analysis

The European Policy Centre titled their analysis 'Au Revoir, global AI Safety?' to capture the regression from safety-focused to competitiveness-focused framing. The summit represents a potential endpoint for the international AI safety governance track that began at Bletchley Park.

## Timeline

- **2025-02-10** — Summit begins with 100+ country participation
- **2025-02-11** — Declaration released with 60 signatories; US and UK decline to sign
- **2025-02-11** — EPC publishes analysis framing summit as end of global AI safety coordination

## Sources

- https://www.epc.eu/publication/The-Paris-Summit-Au-Revoir-global-AI-Safety-61ea68/
- https://www.elysee.fr/en/emmanuel-macron/2025/02/11/statement-on-inclusive-and-sustainable-artificial-intelligence-for-people-and-the-planet
- https://thefuturesociety.org/aiactionsummitvspublicpriorities/
- https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/02/global-france-ai-action-summit-must-meaningfully-center-binding-and-enforceable-regulation-to-curb-ai-driven-harms/