Joint Statement on Artificial Intelligence
Romania is among the roughly 60 signatories of a joint statement on ethical artificial intelligence
Bogdan Matei, 12.02.2025, 13:50
Representatives of 58 countries from all continents convened in Paris on Tuesday to endorse a joint statement for “artificial intelligence that is to be open, inclusive and ethical”. At the end of a session jointly chaired by France and India, the participants “underlined the need for a global reflection integrating inter alia questions of safety, sustainable development, innovation, respect of international laws including humanitarian law and human rights and the protection of human rights, gender equality, linguistic diversity, protection of consumers and of intellectual property rights.” EU countries, Canada, India, China and the African Union are among the entities, which have endorsed the aforementioned statement.
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, who co-hosted the conference, has been quoted by Radio Romania correspondent in Paris as saying, “we want a framework that prevents AI from being used for mass control or destruction.” He added that building trust in AI and its spread is a challenge for governments, civil society, investors and private player. The European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has announced the launch of the Champions Initiative, a private-public partnership for record investment in the field at community level of roughly 200 billion Euros.
“We want Europe to be one of the leading AI continents and this means embracing a way of life where AI is everywhere. We want AI to be a force for good. We want an AI where everyone collaborates and everyone benefits. This is our path. This is our European path”, von der Leyen went on to say.
Also attending the meeting, the Romanian Minister of the Economy and Digitalization, Bogdan Gruia Ivan, has told Radio Romania that Bucharest is ready to play its part in the development of this technology of the future.
Bogdan Gruia Ivan:” Europe has eventually understood how important it is to be at the table of those who are shaping the world’s future. And Romania is here for this reason. A couple of days ago we signed a 64-million Euro agreement for the Romanian AI hub, which is connecting the technical universities in Romania and which automatically includes us into this European Commission project as a regional research hub.”
As international media has noticed, the USA and Britain are not among the signatories of the aforementioned document due to some opinion differences on regulating the new technologies. Unlike Europe, which wants to move faster, at the same time being a framework in the development of artificial intelligence, the Americans want that “all possible efforts be made to encourage pro-growth politics in the area”. The new US vice-president, J.D. Vance, explains that heavy regulation in the field could kill AI. Some commentators believe that the positions of London and Washington have highlighted two confronting world visions.
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