At a time when companies claim that excessive red tape stifles innovation, world leaders and tech executives met in Paris to explore how to securely adopt artificial intelligence, reports RTE.
Since earlier AI conferences in South Korea and Britain, which brought world powers’ attention to the dangers of technology following ChatGPT’s viral debut in 2022, there has been less desire to control AI.
Pressure has mounted on EU authorities to take a more lenient stance on AI in order to keep European companies competitive in the tech sector, while US President Donald Trump rips down his predecessor’s AI barriers to boost US competitiveness, reports RTE.
Tech firms and several EU officials, notably French President Emmanuel Macron, who is hosting the meeting, are hopeful that the bloc’s new AI Act will be given more leeway.
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“There’s a risk some decide to have no rules and that’s dangerous. But there’s also the opposite risk, if Europe gives itself too many rules,” Mr Macron told regional French newspapers in an interview published, reports RTE.
“We should not be afraid of innovation,” he said, reports RTE.
After meeting with top EU officials in Brussels, Taoiseach Micheál Martin will go to Paris for the summit.
President Trump’s initial actions on AI demonstrated the stark differences between US, Chinese, and EU approaches to AI regulation.
The AI Act, the first comprehensive set of laws controlling the technology in the world, was passed by European parliamentarians last year, reports RTE.
Its liberal enforcement is being pushed by tech companies and several capitals. An associated code of practice is being finalised by the EU.
Additionally, according to British think tank Chatham House, Mr. Trump’s laissez-faire policy has given the US Big Tech companies, who are wary of regulations, more confidence to invest in Europe, reports RTE.
In the meantime, China’s DeepSeek pushed industrial and geopolitical competitors to race even faster after publicly releasing a human-like reasoning system last month, challenging US and British AI leadership.
“An unpredictable global scramble to develop AI is underway, as the US turns inward and China boasts new capabilities,” Chatham House said, reports RTE.
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