Macron’s AI envoy, Anne Bouverot, said the current environmental trajectory of AI was “unsustainable” while the general secretary of the UNI Global Union, Christy Hoffman, said AI could become an “engine of inequality” by driving productivity gains at the cost of workers’ welfare.
The AI Action Summit ended with the US vice-president criticising European regulation and warning against cooperation with China, while leaders from Washington and London snubbed a diplomatic declaration on “inclusive and sustainable” AI.
But the UK, a major player in AI development, also refused, stating that the document had not gone far enough in addressing global governance of AI and the technology’s impact on national security.
Delivered weeks after China’s DeepSeek rattled US investors with its powerful new model, Vance’s speech made it clear that America was determined to remain the global leader in AI.
“We need international regulatory regimes that foster the creation of AI technology rather than strangle it, and we need our European friends, in particular, to look to this new frontier with optimism rather than trepidation,” he said.
