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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Nina Lloyd

UK did not sign AI communique over ‘opportunity and security’ concerns – No 10

The summit in Paris (Michel Euler/AP) - (AP)

The UK refused to sign an international agreement on AI at a major summit in Paris because the declaration does not reflect the Government’s position on “opportunity and security” for the technology, Downing Street said.

Britain declined to back the joint communique because it failed to provide enough “practical clarity” on “global governance” of artificial intelligence, or address “harder questions” about national safety, Number 10 said.

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