AI Action Summit (10 & 11 February 2025)

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On 10 and 11 February 2025, Paris will become the artificial intelligence (AI) capital of the world on the occasion of the AI Action Summit. This event will bring together heads of State and Government, international organizations and companies of all sizes, representatives from academia, researchers, non-governmental organizations, artists and other members of civil society from across the globe.

Artificial intelligence, which is developing faster and faster, is completely transforming our societies and economies. This breakthrough technology is opening up unprecedented opportunities that could revolutionize key sectors, including health, education and labour. Its rapid deployment also creates major challenges in terms of the reliability of information, the protection of basic rights and accessibility. It is the international community’s responsibility to maintain balance in our societies and to craft AI that respects universal values.

France, a global leader in artificial intelligence

France has emerged as a major artificial intelligence player thanks to:

  • A national strategy deployed in 2018, built on the excellence of French research, the development of computing capacities (Jean Zay and Alice Recoque supercomputers) and the massive adoption of AI in the economy;
  • An ecosystem of 600 start-ups specialized in AI, which receive increasing amounts of financing;
  • A fully mobilized diplomatic apparatus, France being one of the seven countries participating in all landmark international AI initiatives;
  • Albert, an administrative model designed for government employees.

What is the AI Action Summit?

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The AI Action Summit, to be held on 10 and 11 February 2025 at the Grand Palais in Paris, aims to collectively establish scientific foundations, solutions and standards for more sustainable AI working for collective progress and in the public interest.

Co-chaired with India, the event builds on the advances made at the Bletchley Park Summit in November 2023 and the Seoul Summit in May 2024 and will draw on the expertise of a steering committee bringing together some 30 countries and international institutions to ensure inclusive and diverse contributions.

The Summit, together with the AI Action Week, will be an important opportunity to showcase ecosystems fostering the development and deployment of AI and to promote concrete initiatives by a wide range of actors who contribute to this collective effort.

The participants will seek to achieve three major objectives:

  • Provide access to independent, safe and reliable AI to a wide range of users
  • Develop AI that is more environmentally friendly
  • Ensure global governance of artificial intelligence that is both effective and inclusive

A programme based on 5 strategic focuses

Summit discussions will focus on five major themes:

  • Public Service AI
  • Future of Work
  • Innovation and Culture
  • Trust in AI
  • Global Governance of IA

More information on the AI Action Summit

More than 800 participants (public and private sector partners, researchers, NGOs from around the world) have taken part in contact groups, meeting regularly from summer 2024.

AI Action Week

A series of Road to the Summit events helped prepare this major event. At some 100 events around the world, participants took part in discussions on the Summit’s themes.

These international efforts will come to fruition in an AI Action Week in Paris from 6 to 11 February, culminating in the Summit.

  • 6 and 7 February: International AI, Science and Society Conference at the Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)

Find the Conference programme on the AI, Science and Society Conference website

  • 8 and 9 February: A series of events dedicated to culture and AI in Paris, open to the general public

Find the programme for the AI Cultural Weekend on the Ministry of Culture website

  • 10 February: The Summit will begin in the Grand Palais with a forum bringing together many stakeholders from around the world (including representatives of governments, businesses and civil society, researchers, artists and journalists).
  • 11 February: Summit of the heads of State and Government on the major common AI actions on the occasion of the plenary session
  • 11 February: More than 100 events will be held in the margins of the Summit, including a Business Day at Station F, with participants from businesses and companies of all sizes, financial institutions, and investors.

Side events to be held on the closing day of AI Action Week in Paris will include events dedicated to artificial intelligence and democracy and the environmental impact of these technologies at the École Normale Supérieure (ENS) and the Ministry for the Ecological Transition, respectively.