High-stakes AI summit in Paris: World leaders, tech titans and challenging diplomatic talks – The Associated Press
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U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrived in Paris on Monday on his first overseas trip since taking office, as major world political leaders meet for an AI summit.
French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are co-hosting the gathering, which aims to tackle the question of how to harness artificial intelligence’s potential so that it benefits everyone while containing the technology’s myriad risks. (AP Video shot by Alex Turnbull)
A man looks at his mobile phone as he walks past flags during an Artificial Intelligence Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
United States Vice-President JD Vance, center, carries his daughter Mirabel as he arrives at Paris Orly Airport, ahead of an Artificial Intelligence Action Summit taking place in Paris, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
United States Vice-President JD Vance, second right, carries his daughter Mirabel as he arrives at Paris Orly Airport with second lady Usha Vance, and is greeted by Manuel Valls, the minister for Overseas France, and the U.S. embassy’s charge d’affaires , David McCawley, ahead of an Artificial Intelligence Action Summit taking place in Paris, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
China’s Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing, center, waves from the steps of the Elysee Palace during events on the sidelines of an Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
French chief of protocol Frederic Billet, left, welcomes China’s Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing, right, at the Elysee Palace during events on the sidelines of an Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
French President Emmanuel Macron, second right, meets with China’s Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing, second left, at the Elysee Palace during events on the sidelines of an Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (Mohammad Badra, Pool Photo via AP)
Attendees gather in a common space during an Artificial Intelligence Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
French President Emmanuel Macron, right, shakes hands with Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the French Foreign Ministry ahead of the AI Action Summit in Paris, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)
French President Emmanuel Macron attends an interview on national television, ahead of the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (Gonzalo Fuentes, Pool Photo via AP)
United States Vice-President JD Vance carries his daughter Mirabel as he arrives at Paris Orly Airport, ahead of an Artificial Intelligence Action Summit taking place in Paris, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
United States Vice-President JD Vance, center, carries his daughter Mirabel as he arrives at Paris Orly Airport with second lady Usha Vance, ahead of an Artificial Intelligence Action Summit taking place in Paris, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
French President Emmanuel Macron, center, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, and Secretary General of the OECD Mathias Cormann at the French Foreign Ministry ahead of the AI Action Summit in Paris, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)
French President Emmanuel Macron, center, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and Secretary General of the OECD Mathias Cormann at the French Foreign Ministry ahead of the AI Action Summit in Paris, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)
French President Emmanuel Macron, left, attends an interview with French Journalist Laurent Delahousse and Indian Journalist Palki Sharma Upadhyay, on national television, ahead of the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (Gonzalo Fuentes, Pool Photo via AP)
French President Emmanuel Macron, left, attends an interview with French Journalist Laurent Delahousse and Indian Journalist Palki Sharma Upadhyay, on national television, ahead of the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (Gonzalo Fuentes, Pool Photo via AP)
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PARIS (AP) — JD Vance stepped onto the world stage this week for the first time as U.S. vice president, using a high-stakes AI summit in Paris and a security conference in Munich to amplify Donald Trump’s aggressive new approach to diplomacy.
The 40-year-old vice president, who was just 18 months into his tenure as a senator before joining Trump’s ticket, is expected, while in Paris, to push back on European efforts to tighten AI oversight while advocating for a more open, innovation-driven approach.
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