Australia signs Paris AI Action Summit statement

Australia joined over 90 other countries at the AI Action Summit in Paris, France on 10 and 11 February 2025. 

Australia with other signatories agreed to the Statement on Inclusive and Sustainable Artificial Intelligence for People and the Planet. The statement builds on the work of the Bletchley and Seoul Summit Declarations.

The summit and statement reaffirm the need of a multi-stakeholder and inclusive approach to AI governance that will allow AI to be:

• human rights based
• human-centric
• ethical
• safe
• secure
• trustworthy.

Australia was part of the steering committee and working groups that led the summit outcomes. Additionally, Australia took part in a wide range of summit initiatives, including:

• Joining the Network of AI Observatories on Work, a voluntary platform for knowledge exchange, capacity-building, and dialogue. 
• Collaborating in the Trust in AI track, focused on improving institutional efforts set up through the Bletchley and Seoul Declarations. This included the International Network of AI Safety Institutes, the International Scientific Report on the Safety of Advanced AI, and the Frontier AI Safety Commitments.
• Co-chairing with Malaysia official side events at the summit focused on building safe and responsible AI in our region. 
• Joining the Global Partnership for Action on Gender-Based Online Harassment and Abuse statement, calling for gender to be an integral part of the AI Action Summit. eSafety led Australia’s representation.
• Hosted an AI leadership Summit in October through the National AI Centre, recognised as an official event on the road to the summit. 

While at the summit, Australia also attended the second meeting of the International Network of AI Safety Institutes. Australia is one of 10 founding members of the network. Other members include Canada, the European Union, France, Japan, Kenya, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, the UK and the US.