Modi co-chairs AI Action Summit in Paris with Macron; India to host next summit
PM Narendra Modi co-chaired the AI Action Summit with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on 11 February 2025 and announced that India would host the next summit.
Summary
PM Narendra Modi co-chaired the AI Action Summit with President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on 11 February 2025. The week-long summit began with Science Days on 6–7 February and a Cultural Weekend on 8–9 February; its High-Level Segment opened with a dinner hosted by Macron at the Élysée Palace on 10 February. Delivering the opening address as co-chair, Modi called for global governance and standards for AI, access for the Global South and open-source systems, and said India was building its own Large Language Model. In his concluding address he welcomed France's decision to set up an 'AI Foundation' and a 'Council for Sustainable AI', called for the Global Partnership on AI to be more inclusive of the Global South, and said India would host the next summit. The summit closed with the adoption of a Leaders' Statement.
Key facts
- Date and place
- 11 February 2025, Paris, France
- Co-chairs
- Narendra Modi and Emmanuel Macron
- Format
- Science Days 6–7 Feb; Cultural Weekend 8–9 Feb; High-Level Segment from 10 Feb (Élysée dinner)
- Initiatives welcomed
- AI Foundation; Council for Sustainable AI
- Outcome
- Leaders' Statement adopted; India to host next summit
Practice MCQs 5 questions
With which leader did PM Modi co-chair the AI Action Summit in Paris on 11 February 2025?
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Correct answer: A — Emmanuel Macron
President Emmanuel Macron of France hosted the summit and invited PM Modi to co-chair it.
In his concluding address at the Paris AI Action Summit, PM Modi welcomed France's decision to set up which two initiatives?
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Correct answer: A — AI Foundation and Council for Sustainable AI
Modi welcomed the decision to set up the 'AI Foundation' and the 'Council for Sustainable AI' and assured India's full support.
To illustrate bias in AI training data, PM Modi said in Paris that an AI app asked to draw a person writing with the left hand would most likely draw:
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Correct answer: D — A person writing with the right hand
He said the app would most likely draw someone writing with the right hand, because that is what dominates the training data.
The High-Level Segment of the AI Action Summit 2025 began on 10 February with a dinner hosted by President Macron at:
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Correct answer: A — Élysée Palace
The High-Level Segment opened with a dinner at the Élysée Palace for heads of state and government, heads of international organisations and AI company CEOs.
Consider the following statements about the AI Action Summit held in Paris in February 2025: 1. India announced that it would host the next AI summit. 2. The summit concluded with the adoption of a Leaders' Statement. 3. PM Modi said the Global Partnership on AI should remain limited to developed economies. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: B — 1 and 2 only
India offered to host the next summit and the summit adopted a Leaders' Statement. Modi asked for the Global Partnership on AI to be more inclusive of the Global South, so the third statement is wrong.