UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2025

Consider the following statements regarding the AI Action Summit held in Grand Palais, Paris in February 2025: I. Co-chaired with India, this Summit in 2025 built on the advances made at the Bletchley Park Summit in 2023 and the Seoul Summit in 2024. II. Along with other countries, the US and UK also signed the declaration on inclusive and sustainable AI. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Only I
  2. Only II
  3. I and II both
  4. Neither I nor II

Answer

Correct Answer

Only I

Explanation

The Paris AI Action Summit (February 2025) was indeed co-chaired by France and India and built on the outcomes of the earlier Bletchley Park (UK, 2023) and Seoul (2024) AI safety summits (Statement I correct). However, the United States and the United Kingdom notably declined to sign the Summit's declaration on inclusive and sustainable AI, making Statement II incorrect.

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