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French President Emmanuel Macron (front C) poses for a group picture with world leaders and attendees at the end of the plenary session of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit, at the Grand Palais, in Paris, on February 11, 2025. Photo: AFP

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit, which has brought together global leaders, technology industry executives and top researchers in Paris, held formal talks on Tuesday amid the divergence on the AI governance and regulation, with relevant parties striving to find common ground on rapidly evolving field of AI. 

On Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi co-hosted the summit.

Vice Premier of the State Council Zhang Guoqing, who attended the summit as President Xi Jinping's special representative, delivered a speech on Monday, during which Zhang said that AI has become an important driving force for the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation. China has always participated in global cooperation and governance on AI with a highly responsible attitude, he underlined, Xinhua News Agency reported on Tuesday.

China, France, Germany and India were among 61 signatories who agreed it is a priority that "AI is open, inclusive, transparent, ethical, safe, secure and trustworthy, taking into account international frameworks for all" and "making AI sustainable for people and the planet."

The statement sets an ambition to reduce digital divides by promoting AI accessibility, and ensuring the tech's development is "transparent", "safe" as well as "secure and trustworthy", reported BBC.

The US and Britain have not signed the Paris AI Summit's declaration entitled "Statement on Inclusive and Sustainable Artificial Intelligence," per Reuters. The two countries did not immediately explain their reasons for not adding their names to the document, according to the Guardian.

At the summit, Modi had called for "collective, global efforts to establish governance and standards that uphold our shared values, address risks and build trust," according to CNA. 

"Excessive regulation ... could kill a transformative sector just as it's taking off," US Vice President JD Vance told global leaders and tech industry chiefs at the French capital's Grand Palais, per CNA. 

French President Macron said there was a "need for rules" to govern artificial intelligence, in an apparent rebuff to Vance who had criticized excessive regulation, according to AFP. 

Amid the global attention on China's AI development, The China AI Safety and Development Association (CNAISDA) hosted a side event titled Progress in AI Technology and its Application on Tuesday, putting China's advancements in AI development, governance measures and its vision for international cooperation into the spotlight. 

If all countries in the world can leverage their comparative advantages and collaborate effectively based on technological and industrial principles, it would be the optimal choice, Shen Yi, a professor at Fudan University, told the Global Times.

Hegemony remains the biggest obstacle in the development of AI. Such cooperation is currently being blocked and separated due to this hegemonic mindset, Shen said. 

Chinese technology should be treated fairly and objectively. Accusations that attempt to smear the Chinese tech company stem from biased attitudes toward China's development, Zhang Linghan, from China University of Political Science and Law and a Chinese expert on the High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence, who is also attending the summit in Paris, told the Global Times.

Zhang said China has always advocated enhancing the representation and voices of developing countries in global AI governance, ensuring equal rights, equal opportunities and equal rules for AI development and governance of all countries, carrying out international cooperation and assistance for developing countries, and constantly bridging the intelligence gap and governance capacity gap.

According to China's vision, AI has a wide range of possible applications in the future, and it should become one of the core sources of new quality productive forces, and at the same time, the value created by AI must be distributed in a more equitable way in order to realize the benefits of AI for humanity, Shen stressed. 

Ensuring equal access between countries and between different groups within a country will prevent exacerbating wealth inequality, leading to scenarios where AI "consumes" human opportunities, fostering new technological and power oligarchs, and eroding global security and development, Shen added.