Politics · France · 10 hrs ago
Macron wins AI safety commitments from countries and tech leaders
French President Emmanuel Macron gathered international leaders and AI executives in an online meeting ahead of the Paris Peace Forum.
Participants included representatives of eight countries, UN and research figures, and leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft and Mistral AI.
They backed a declaration calling for common ways to assess and manage security risks from advanced AI models.
These risks include cyberattacks and models becoming difficult for their developers to control.
AI developers committed to independent checks and greater transparency, including allowing researchers to assess their models.
The declaration also calls for shared standards to report major incidents and for warnings to be shared more effectively.
The commitments are an initial step toward common AI safety rules; a wider international discussion on possible AI regulation is due at the Paris Peace Forum.
Emmanuel Macron brought together representatives of eight countries and leaders from major AI companies for a call on AI safety.
The participants backed common ways to assess and manage risks from advanced AI models.
The declaration calls for shared standards to assess and report major incidents, and for independent researchers to evaluate models.
AI developers also committed to greater transparency and sharing warnings about serious incidents.
The meeting took place online on Monday, the day before the Paris Peace Forum was due to discuss possible international AI regulation.
- Who
- Emmanuel Macron, representatives of eight countries, AI company leaders and other participants.
- What
- They backed the Paris call on AI safety, including shared risk-assessment standards and independent evaluations.
- When
- Monday, 9 November 2026, the day before the Paris Peace Forum.
- Where
- In an online meeting convened by Macron.
- Why
- To address security risks from advanced AI models, including cyberattacks and loss of control.
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Macron convened an online meeting with international representatives, researchers and AI company leaders.
Participants endorsed the Paris call on AI safety.
The Paris Peace Forum was due to discuss the possibility of international AI regulation.
- Countries represented
- Eight
- Participants
- About 50, according to cash.ch
- AI company leaders
- Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Brad Smith and Arthur Mensch
- Meeting format
- Online
- Paris Peace Forum
- Scheduled for 10 November 2026
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