The international governance of AI has been the subject of intense debate over the past decade. On the one hand, AI systems offer great potential for performing tasks that improve the lives of large numbers of people around the world. On the other hand, they raise a number of questions relating to political, societal, economic, ethical, human rights, safety and environmental issues throughout their lifecycle. The issues involved call for increased vigilance and appropriate regulation to ensure a responsible and ethical use of AI. But how to establish frameworks that not only safeguard individual and collective interests, but also meets the many challenges posed by AI, which transcend borders? The answer undoubtedly seems to lie in robust international cooperation, the only way to forge common framework principles.

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This challenge requires a global response, illustrating the urgent need to rethink our approaches to the international governance of artificial intelligence. While diplomatic initiatives on AI governance are multiplying, outlining a nascent international governance framework, the question also arises as to the effective implementation of the rules and principles it sets out.

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In this context, Renaissance Numérique launched the AI Dialogues on the international governance of AI: 3 days of ‘off-the-record’ exchanges between international experts on the subject (researchers/academics, businesses, institutions, representatives of civil society) to draw up recommendations ahead of the AI Action Summit, to be held in Paris on 10 and 11 February in Paris.