Q. Consider the following statements regarding Al Action Summit held in Grand Palais, Paris in February 2025:
I. Co-chaired with India, the event builds on the advances made at the Bletchley Park Summit held in 2023 and the Seoul Summit held in 2024.
II. Along with other countries, US and UK also signed the declaration on inclusive and sustainable AI.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Exp) Option a is the correct answer.
The Paris Artificial Intelligence Action Summit was an initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron. It focused on the broader agenda of global AI governance, innovation, and on ways of serving the larger public interest. This third AI Summit explored how to leverage the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) while mitigating its risks.
Statement 1 is correct. The Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi co-chaired the AI Action Summit along with the President of France, H.E. Mr. Emmanuel Macron.
The two-day summit builds on the AI Safety Summit held in Britain in Bletchley Park in 2023 and a smaller meeting in Seoul in 2024. The Bletchley summit was focused on the debate surrounding the ‘doomsday’ concerns posed by AI, and eventually resulted in all 25 states, including the US and China, signing the Bletchley Declaration on AI Safety. The Seoul summit saw 16 top AI companies making voluntary commitments to develop AI transparently.
Statement 2 is incorrect. Fifty eight countries, including India, China, Brazil, France and Australia, signed a joint statement on Inclusive and Sustainable Artificial Intelligence for People and the Planet at the AI Action Summit in Paris. The statement was not signed by the United States and the United Kingdom.
Source: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2101947
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