The US delegation to an upcoming AI summit in Paris will not include technical staff from the country’s AI Safety Institute, according to sources. The AI summit is to take place on Monday, with representatives from 80 countries, including world leaders, tech bosses, academics, and other experts, gathering for a two-day global summit to discuss current progress and future goals in the field of artificial intelligence.
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Notable attendees include US Vice President J.D Vance, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, with Vance leading the US contingent. While members of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy: Principal Deputy Director Lynne Parker and Senior Policy Advisor for artificial intelligence Sriram Krishnan. However, President Donald Trump seems to have scrapped plans for Homeland Security and Commerce Department officials to attend. The travel plans for the US AI safety institute were also scrapped, according to anonymous sources who spoke to Reuters.
The institute, created under former President Joe Biden, is focused on measuring and mitigating certain risks from AI and has signed agreements with prominent U.S. startups OpenAI and Anthropic for safety testing. It has said its work is bipartisan. Since taking office, President Donald Trump has revoked Biden’s 2023 executive order on AI, raising questions about the institute’s future direction under the new administration.
This came shortly after the director of the institute, Elizabeth Kelly, stepped down. At the moment, it remains without a director.
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There have been two similar summits previously. The first was held in the UK, in the historical mansion of Bletchley House in November 2023, where the focus was on maximizing the benefits of AI while minimizing the risks. The second was in South Korea.