Vance started his speech by cautioning against an excessive focus on AI safety, in an apparent criticism of the first global AI summit in the UK in 2023, which was badged as the AI Safety Summit.
Speaking in front of the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, Vance added: “We need international regulatory regimes that fosters the creation of AI technology rather than strangles it, and we need our European friends, in particular, to look to this new frontier with optimism rather than trepidation.”.
US and UK not among signatories of Paris AI summit declaration Confirmation of snub comes after JD Vance criticises Europe’s ‘excessive regulation’ of technology.
The US and the UK have refused to sign the Paris AI summit’s declaration on “inclusive and sustainable” artificial intelligence, in a blow to hopes for a concerted approach to developing and regulating the technology.
Vance, in his first trip abroad as US vice-president, issued a caution against the EU’s regulatory approach, stating that “excessive regulation of the AI sector could kill a transformative industry”.
