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Civil society organizations, academics, and individuals were invited to participate in landmark open consultations to support and strengthen the AI Action Summit, which will take place in Paris in February 2025. From September to December 2024, these consultations united the voices of 10 000+ citizens and 200+ experts who clearly expressed a strong demand for robust governance of emerging AI technologies at the national and international level.
The results of the consultations were presented at The Sixth Edition of The Athens Roundtable, hosted at the OECD headquarters in Paris on December 9, 2024 with more than 100 leaders from government, the tech industry, multilateral institutions, academia, and civil society engaged in open dialogue regarding international coordination for accountability in AI governance.
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As the ongoing artificial intelligence (AI) revolution transforms jobs, health, culture, economies, and more across every region of the world, global governance that reflects collective deliberation is crucial. In February 2025, the AI Action Summit has the potential to be a stepping stone for AI governance:
To amplify the Summit's inclusivity, legitimacy, and impact, a coalition including the AI and Society Institute (ENS-PSL), CNNum, The Future Society, Make.org, and Sciences Po’s Tech & Global Affairs Innovation Hub, coordinated two open consultations between September and December 2024.
Thousands of contributions were received from experts, academics, civil society organizations, and citizens from around the globe, thus enriching the Summit’s upcoming agenda, discussions, and outcomes. The online citizen consultation was also supported by AXA, Capgemini Invent, and Fathom.
👉 Find out the results of the online citizen consultation
Specific recommendations were made to ensure actionable standards and tools to protect citizens’ rights, ensure fairness, and maximize the positive impact of AI systems, whilst safeguarding against their risks. Participants clearly called for inclusive, bottom-up mechanisms and policies in which they can remain actively engaged through their implementation and ongoing evaluation. Positive AI applications are seen with varying approval: research, medicine, and disaster management have broad consensus, while education, administration, and weaponry face more debate.
The consultation identified five key priority areas requiring concrete action at the Summit, each supported by specific deliverables. First, the establishment of strong global multistakeholder AI governance, to be implemented through an International Scientific Panel on AI Risks and new mechanisms for Civil Society Organizations and Global South inclusion. Second, the development of shared standards for safe and responsible AI, including the launch of an AI Corporation Commitments Report Card and clear thresholds for AI oversight. Third, ensuring universal access to AI education and training, to be achieved through a Global AI Education and Critical Thinking Initiative and an International Task Force on AI and Labor Market Disruption.
The fourth priority focuses on environmental sustainability, with two key deliverables: the creation of a "GreenAI Leaderboard" to track model sustainability and the establishment of mandatory, auditable model efficiency standards. Finally, the consultation highlighted the need to prioritize AI solutions addressing existing public interest issues, to be supported by the launch of an AI Commons Initiative and a Global Charter for Public Interest AI. Participants emphasized that these initiatives should particularly focus on sectors with broad consensus support, such as healthcare, climate action, and the fight against disinformation, while ensuring robust safeguards for citizen rights and public trust.
This consultation marks only the beginning. It demonstrates that an inclusive and decentralized approach can transcend the diverging private and national interests, paving the way for inclusive multistakeholder AI governance, at the service of the greater good.
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Axel Dauchez, President and Founder of Make.org: "For the first time, we have the opportunity to have a glance of what citizens think about AI and what their priorities are: it is a world premiere at this level and on this subject. The key findings reveal a strong call for global governance and a framework for AI. Citizens demonstrate constructive vigilance toward AI development while remaining aware of its anthropological risks. Citizens are clearly identifying areas where AI could create opportunities, but they also highlight the risks and challenges we must address."
Anne Bouverot, Special Envoy of the French President to the AI Action Summit: "I would like to warmly thank the thousands of citizens who participated and shared their valuable contributions on AI. I am glad that they are calling us to action because it is the aim of the Summit."
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