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Confirmation of snub comes after JD Vance criticises Europe’s ‘excessive regulation’ of technologyThe US and the UK have refused to sign the Paris AI summit’s declaration on “inclusive and sustainable” artificial intelligence, in a blow to hopes for a concerted approach to developing and regulating the technology.The two countries did not immediately explain their reasons for not adding their names to a document backed by 60 signatories on Tuesday, including China, India, Japan, Australia and Canada. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/11/us-uk-paris-ai-summit-artificial-intelligence-declaration Author : Dan Milmo in Paris Publish date : 2025-02-11 13:11:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Countries have not immediately explained their reasons for not signing declarationJD Vance continues, talking about “revolutionary applications” of AI and the need to deregulate to allow for its fast development and its roll out.Our administration, the Trump administration, believes that AI will have countless revolutionary applications and economic innovation, job creation, national security, health care, free expression and beyond, and to restrict its development now will not only unfairly benefit incumbents in the space, it would mean paralysing one of the most promising technologies we have seen in generations.I’m not here this morning to talk about AI safety, which was

Danny Kruger says those who backed the bill did so under false premise after change to safeguards announcedYesterday President Trump praised Australia’s prime minister as a “very fine man” when he said he would consider exempting the country from his new 25% tariff on steel and aluminium imports.But perhaps he does not consider Keir Starmer a “very fine man”. At the same press conference, asked if the UK might also get an Australian-style steel tariff exemption, Trump replied:Well, we have a huge deficit with the UK. Big difference. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/feb/11/assisted-dying-bill-high-court-judge-kim-leadbetter-danny-kruger-keir-starmer-labour-uk-politics-live-news Author : Andrew Sparrow Publish date

MP defends removal of scrutiny by high court judge, as critics say change is ‘rushed and badly thought out’Kim Leadbeater has said her assisted dying bill for England and Wales will still have the strongest safeguards in the world despite the removal of scrutiny from a high court judge, as opponents derided the change as “rushed and badly thought out”.The Labour MP’s decision to replace the signoff by a court with an expert panel including a lawyer, psychiatrist and social worker caused significant alarm among MPs who had voted for the bill on the basis that a high court judge