France to host the ‘Summit for Action on AI’ on Feb. 10-11
Artificial intelligence (AI) is more than an industrial and technological revolution. It has the potential to bring about a profound paradigm shift in our societies, in how we relate to know, to work, to information, to culture and even to language. That means artificial intelligence is not a neutral technology. It is a political and civic issue that requires intense international dialogue among the planet’s leaders, researchers, businesses and civil society.
And so, France has shouldered the responsibility of building on the momentum generated by the United Kingdom and the Republic of Korea and of hosting the AI Action Summit on Feb. 10-11, 2025, which will bring nearly a hundred heads of state and government and a thousand civil society actors in Paris from some 100 countries.
The question we all face, as users around the world, as start-ups or large corporations, as researchers and as policy-makers, is ultimately a simple one: how do we get the AI transition right?
The stakes are sky-high: we must enable artificial intelligence to fulfil its initial promise of progress and empowerment in a context of shared trust that addresses the risks inherent to technological development.
Ahead of the Summit and its outcomes, we are focusing on three tangible priorities:
Firstly, access to AI must be guaranteed for everyone, so that each person in the world can benefit and develop new ideas, to realize the full potential of the technologies. In order to reduce the growing digital gap and curb the excessive concentration of the artificial intelligence sector, we are launching a large-scale public interest AI initiative in order to foster the development and sharing of computing power, structured datasets, open tools and training for the talents of tomorrow. This project will be led by both public and private stakeholders.
Secondly, we must together prepare the two major transitions of our time: the environmental transition and the technological transition. While artificial intelligence will, without a doubt, make a full contribution to fighting climate change and protecting ecosystems, it is currently on an untenable pathway when it comes to energy use. The latest