Aims of the Summit

The AI Action Summit will be an opportunity to commit together to develop the science, solutions and standards that will ensure that artificial intelligence serves the fundamental public interest.

Artificial intelligence has incredible potential and could resolve a great many very complex problems, seeking new therapies, predicting climate hazards and discovering new scientific correlations through analysis of large datasets. At the right scale and with the right governance, artificial intelligence can help develop, for example, tailored and effective education models that support both learners and teachers. The use of artificial intelligence can be advanced in many sectors, including health, science and, more generally, fields where it can boost productivity considerably.

The AI Action Summit and its accompanying AI Action Week should highlight these innovations and their development in France, in Europe and in all participating countries, so that everyone can get an idea of the impact and the potential of AI. It is an important time to develop the ecosystems that allow the development of AI and its swift roll-out, from infrastructures to uses and models.

All actors in the value chain have therefore been invited and their role will be to demonstrate and share best practices and the technical, economic or social challenges of their technologies. Countries will be invited to present their measures and practices that foster the development of artificial intelligence and their swift roll-out.

The Summit should also enable progress to:

1. Open up access to independent, safe and reliable artificial intelligence for the many, so that everyone, whatever their origin and knowledge of the technology, can adopt and benefit from it. In order to reduce the growing digital divide in the context of excessive concentration in the artificial intelligence market, in the hands of a few private actors, this Summit will also seek to demonstrate the tangible, everyday benefits that it can have for all the Sustainable Development Goals, based on projects worked on already by both private companies and governments across the world. The Summit should also foster a large-scale initiative for public interest artificial intelligence, to create a more diverse, open and accessible ecosystem for everyone. That should mean very tangible support both for development but also for the sharing of key blocks, artificial intelligence public goods, such as structured and accessible datasets, open source tools and the training of tomorrow’s talents. In order to ensure sufficiently broad reach, this project should be supported by both the public and private sectors and benefit everyone to serve the public interest. In particular, this means we can respond to the strong demand from our partners in emerging and developing countries, who would like to have access to artificial intelligence services and boost their skills in the field, while ensuring their strategic independence and sovereignty.
2. Develop more frugal, environmentally friendly artificial intelligence systems to address the climate and energy transition. While artificial intelligence can help fight global warming and protect ecosystems, it is currently on an untenable trajectory when it comes to energy use, particularly in terms of fossil energy consumption. The latest forecasts suggest that the energy needs of the artificial intelligence sector will be ten times higher in 2026 than in 2023. That is not sustainable. In response, the Summit must enable all types of stakeholders, from all countries, to commit to more sustainable artificial intelligence. In real terms, that means commitments to use low-carbon energy, in-depth research into the environmental impact of artificial intelligence’s development, evaluation of models on that basis, new standards, and greater green investment and investment in low-carbon energy sources at every link in the value chain. The Summit should also be a platform for those working to ensure the development and adoption of artificial intelligence happen in a social framework that respects our values, workers and creative professionals.
3. Ensure global governance of artificial intelligence is effective and inclusive. All international leaders should be able to discuss all the concerns raised by AI: not only essential issues of ethics and security, but also those of protecting fundamental freedoms, fighting disinformation, safeguarding intellectual property, fighting market concentration and ensuring access to data.

In September, the United Nations sketched out a vision for this global governance of artificial intelligence in a Global Digital Compact. We now want to help implement its recommendations. Private stakeholders and civil society actors must be included in this reflection, so that together an international AI governance structure can be implemented that combines the many challenges linked to this technology.