Statement on Inclusive and Sustainable AI for People and the Planet (Paris AI Action Summit)
France and India (summit co-chairs) · 11 February 2025
The 2025 Paris summit statement emphasised inclusive, sustainable and open AI rather than safety. The US and UK refused to sign, and the summit process has since focused more on investment than on risk.
What it calls for
- International governance
- Environmental accountability
- Benefit sharing
- Open source
- Worker protection
Scope
61 countries/organisations incl. China, India, EU; the US and UK declined to sign
What actually happened
US VP Vance rejected the text as risking 'ideological bias' and 'authoritarian censorship'; the UK cited national interest (https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/11/as-us-and-uk-refuse-to-sign-ai-action-summit-statement-countries-fail-to-agree-on-the-basics). Concrete outputs were the 'Current AI' public-interest foundation and a coalition on sustainable AI; safety was largely dropped from the agenda, drawing criticism from Anthropic's CEO. The next summit (New Delhi, Feb 2026) produced a broader declaration signed by 88 nations and organisations (https://www.outlookbusiness.com/news/ai-impact-summit-2026-concludes-with-88-nations-organisations-adopting-new-delhi-declaration).