Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a three-day France visit from Monday at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron. He will co-chair Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit with Macron on February 11.

• France is hosting the AI Action Summit, to be held on 10 and 11 February 2025 at the Grand Palais in Paris.

• It is in continuation of AI Safety Summit held in Britain in Bletchley Park in 2023 and a smaller meeting in Seoul in 2024.
• It holds great relevance for Europe as AI is being seen as a race between America and China.
• The entry of China’s Deep Seek model, which is cheaper and shows great efficiency in reasoning, has further complicated the AI debate.
• It aims to deliberate on the issue of monopoly of AI market as the foundational models are being owned by few corporations like Microsoft, Amazon, Meta
• The initiative focuses on the broader agenda of global AI governance, innovation, and on means of serving the larger public interest.