UK did not sign AI communique over ‘opportunity and security’ concerns – No 10 The UK refused to sign an international agreement on AI at a major summit in Paris because the declaration does not reflect the Government’s position on “opportunity and security” for the technology, Downing Street said.
Earlier on Tuesday, US Vice President JD Vance urged Europe to employ a light-touch approach to regulation of AI in order to foster innovation, but also warned international partners against doing deals with “authoritarian regimes” around the technology.
The official added: “We felt the declaration did not provide enough practical clarity on global governance, nor sufficiently addressed harder questions around national security and the challenge AI poses to it.
“Some authoritarian regimes have stolen and used AI to strengthen their military intelligence and surveillance capabilities, capture foreign data and create propaganda to undermine other nations’ national security,” he said.
Britain declined to back the joint communique because it failed to provide enough “practical clarity” on “global governance” of artificial intelligence, or address “harder questions” about national safety, Number 10 said.
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