Estados Unidos y el Reino Unido se han negado a firmar una declaraci\u00f3n sobre inteligencia artificial \u201cinclusiva y sostenible\u201d en una cumbre hist\u00f3rica en Par\u00eds, lo que supone un golpe a las esperanzas de un enfoque concertado para desarrollar y regular la tecnolog\u00eda.<\/p>\n
The US and the UK have refused to sign a declaration on \u201cinclusive and sustainable\u201d artificial intelligence at a landmark Paris summit, in a blow to hopes for a concerted approach to developing and regulating the technology.<\/p>\n
The communique states that priorities include \u201censuring AI is open, inclusive, transparent, ethical, safe, secure and trustworthy, taking into account international frameworks for all\u201d and \u201cmaking AI sustainable for people and the planet\u201d.<\/p>\n
The document was backed by 60 other signatories on Tuesday, including France,\u00a0China<\/a>, India, Japan, Australia and Canada.<\/p>\n A UK government spokesperson said the statement had not gone far enough in addressing global governance of AI and the technology\u2019s impact on national security.<\/p>\n \u201cWe agreed with much of the leaders\u2019 declaration and continue to work closely with our international partners. This is reflected in our signing of agreements on sustainability and cybersecurity today at the Paris AI Action summit,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cHowever, we felt the declaration didn\u2019t provide enough practical clarity on global governance, nor sufficiently address harder questions around national security and the challenge AI poses to it.\u201d<\/p>\n Confirmation of the snub came soon after the US vice-president,\u00a0JD Vance<\/a>, took to the stage at the Grand Palais to criticise Europe\u2019s \u201cexcessive regulation\u201d of technology and warn against cooperating with China.<\/p>\n Asked if Britain had declined to sign because it wanted to follow the US lead, Keir Starmer\u2019s spokesperson said they were \u201cnot aware of the US reasons or position\u201d on the declaration. A government source rejected the suggestion that Britain was trying to curry favour with the US.<\/p>\n But a Labour MP said: \u201cI think we have little strategic room but to be downstream of the US.\u201d They added that US AI firms could stop engaging with\u00a0<\/strong>the UK government\u2019s AI Safety Institute, a world-leading research body, if Britain was perceived to be taking an overly restrictive approach to the development of the technology.<\/p>\n Campaign groups criticised the UK\u2019s decision and said it risked damaging its reputation in this area. Andrew Dudfield, the head of AI at Full Fact, said the UK risked \u201cundercutting its hard-won credibility as a world leader for safe, ethical and trustworthy AI innovation\u201d and that there needed to be \u201cbolder government action to protect people from corrosive AI-generated misinformation\u201d.<\/p>\n Gaia Marcus, director of the Ada Lovelace Institute, which focuses on AI research, said said she hoped the UK\u2019s move was not a decision to reject \u201cthe vital global governance that AI needs\u201d.<\/p>\n The \u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace said more countries might sign the declaration in the hours after the two-day summit.<\/p>\n Vance\u2019s hard-hitting speech, in front of leaders including the\u00a0French president, Emmanuel Macron<\/a>, and the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, indicated dissatisfaction with the global approach to regulating and developing the technology. Starmer\u00a0did not attend the summit<\/a>, with the tech secretary, Peter Kyle, representing the UK.<\/p>\n Vance, in his first trip abroad as US vice-president, warned against the EU\u2019s regulatory approach, stating that \u201cexcessive regulation of the AI sector could kill a transformative industry\u201d.<\/p>\n He added: \u201cWe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n Two other EU regulatory measures, the Digital Services Act and GDPR, also received passing criticism from Vance, who did not stay for the leaders\u2019 group photo after his speech. Singling out the DSA, which regulates social media, the vice-president said: \u201cIt is one thing to prevent a predator from preying on a child on the internet. And it is something quite different to prevent a grown man or woman from accessing an opinion that the government thinks is misinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n Vance also referred to the risks of partnering with \u201cauthoritarian\u201d regimes, in a pointed allusion to China \u2013 without mentioning the country directly. Referring to exports of CCTV and 5G equipment \u2013 key Chinese tech products \u2013 by authoritarian governments, he said there was a cost: \u201cPartnering with such regimes, it never pays off in the long term.\u201d<\/p>\n As the Chinese vice-premier, Zhang Guoqing, sat yards away, Vance added: \u201cSome of us in this room have learned from experience partnering with them means chaining your nation to an authoritarian master that seeks to infiltrate, dig in and seize your information infrastructure. Should a deal seem too good to be true, just remember the old adage that we learned in Silicon Valley, if you aren\u2019t paying for the product: you are the product.\u201d<\/p>\n Vance started his speech by cautioning against an excessive focus on safety, in an apparent criticism of the first global AI summit in the UK in 2023, which was badged as the AI Safety Summit. He indicated that he thought the Bletchley Park meeting was too cautious, referring to gatherings about cutting-edge technology that can be \u201ctoo self-conscious, too risk averse\u201d.<\/p>\n