{"id":21939,"date":"2025-02-10T19:15:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T20:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=21939"},"modified":"2025-02-10T20:33:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T20:33:27","slug":"5-notes-from-the-big-paris-a-i-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=21939","title":{"rendered":"5 Notes from the Big Paris A.I. Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-79rysd e1wiw3jv0\">At times, Kevin Roose writes, it feels like he is watching policymakers on horseback trying to install seatbelts on a passing Lamborghini.<\/p>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">World leaders, tech moguls and assorted hangers-on (including yours truly) are gathered in Paris this week for the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elysee.fr\/en\/sommet-pour-l-action-sur-l-ia\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Artificial Intelligence Action Summit<\/a>, a conference co-hosted by Emmanuel Macron, the French president, and Narendra Modi, India\u2019s prime minister, to discuss a host of A.I.-related issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The leaders of three American A.I. companies \u2014 Sam Altman of OpenAI, Dario Amodei of Anthropic and Demis Hassabis of Google DeepMind \u2014 are here, as are a flock of prominent A.I. leaders, academic researchers and civil society groups. (Vice President JD Vance, who is leading the U.S. delegation, is expected to appear on Tuesday.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Between bites of pain au chocolat, here\u2019s some of what I\u2019m seeing so far:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-68cf7ca6\">Europe is having regulation regrets.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The backdrop for the A.I. summit is that Europe \u2014 which passed tough laws on data privacy and social media over the last decade, and had a head start on regulating A.I. with the European Union\u2019s A.I. Act \u2014 appears to be having second thoughts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Macron, who this week <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/artificial-intelligence\/france-invest-109-billion-euros-ai-macron-announces-2025-02-09\/\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">announced $112.5 billion<\/a> in private investments into the French A.I. ecosystem, has been especially wary of falling behind. He has become a cheerleader for Mistral, a French A.I. start-up, and has <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/10\/business\/ai-summit-paris.html\" title>argued against<\/a> \u201cpunitive\u201d regulation that could make the country\u2019s tech sector less competitive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Tech companies (and their lobbyists) appreciate the assist. But it\u2019s probably too late to stop <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/12\/08\/technology\/eu-ai-act-regulation.html\" title>the A.I. Act<\/a>, which is slated to take effect in stages over the next year. And several American A.I. executives told me they still considered Europe a hard place to do business compared with other big markets, such as India, where regulation is comparatively lax.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-43ceafa0\">A.I. doomsayers are losing ground.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Paris A.I. summit is actually the third in a series of global A.I. summits. 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(Vice President JD Vance, who is leading the U.S. delegation, is expected to appear on Tuesday.)Between bites of pain au chocolat, here\u2019s some of what I\u2019m seeing so far:Europe is having regulation regrets.The backdrop for the A.I. summit is that Europe \u2014 which passed tough laws on data privacy and social media over the last decade, and had a head start on regulating A.I. with the European Union\u2019s A.I. Act \u2014 appears to be having second thoughts.Mr. Macron, who this week announced $112.5 billion in private investments into the French A.I. ecosystem, has been especially wary of falling behind. He has become a cheerleader for Mistral, a French A.I. start-up, and has argued against \u201cpunitive\u201d regulation that could make the country\u2019s tech sector less competitive.Tech companies (and their lobbyists) appreciate the assist. But it\u2019s probably too late to stop the A.I. Act, which is slated to take effect in stages over the next year. And several American A.I. executives told me they still considered Europe a hard place to do business compared with other big markets, such as India, where regulation is comparatively lax.A.I. doomsayers are losing ground.The Paris A.I. summit is actually the third in a series of global A.I. summits. The first two \u2014 held in Britain in 2023 and in South Korea last year \u2014 were much more focused on the potential risks and harms of advanced A.I. systems, up to and including human extinction.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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