AI race must be led by ‘western, liberal, democratic’ countries, says Peter Kyle Tech secretary stresses UK’s important role before global AI summit in Paris discusses issues such as governance.
The artificial intelligence race must be led by “western, liberal, democratic” countries, said the UK technology secretary in a veiled warning over China’s role in the contest, before a global AI summit in Paris.
Kyle defended Keir Starmer’s decision not to attend, saying the UK prime minister had “indisputably” shown leadership on AI by playing a leading role in developing the government’s recent AI action plan.
As well as allowing global leaders and companies to “come together and learn from each other”, the summit would give the UK a chance to show why it had the “skills and the scientific pedigree” that were “going to be essential if western, liberal, democratic countries are to remain at the forefront of this critical technology”, he said.
Kyle said the emergence of DeepSeek would spur countries and companies at the forefront of the AI race to redouble their efforts in developing the technology.
