US and UK refuse to sign summit declaration on AI

Vice President JD Vance warned Europe not to adopt “overly precautionary” regulations on artificial intelligence as America and the UK refused to join dozens of other countries in signing a declaration to ensure that the technology was “safe, secure and trustworthy”.  The two countries held back from signing the communique agreed by about 60 states at the AI Action summit in Paris, dealing a setback to efforts led by French President Emmanuel Macron to build international consensus around the technology. “The Trump administration will ensure that the most powerful AI systems are built in the US, with American-designed and manufactured chips,” Vance told an audience of world leaders and tech executives. “America wants to partner with all of you . . . but to create that kind of trust, we need international regulatory regimes that foster the creation of AI technology rather than strangle it,” he added.