Vice President JD Vance will lead the U.S. delegation to a major AI summit in Paris next week, but technologists from the AI Safety Institute will not be in attendance. About 100 countries will participate in discussions about the potential of artificial intelligence during the Feb. 10-11 event.
Representatives from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy will attend, including Principal Deputy Director Lynne Parker and Senior Policy Advisor Sriram Krishnan. However, the Trump administration has canceled plans for officials from the Departments of Commerce and Homeland Security to attend the meeting, including members of the AI Safety Institute.
The institute was created under former President Joe Biden to focus on reducing AI risks and has worked with companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic. The institute’s future under the new administration remains uncertain, especially after Trump decided to rescind a Biden-era executive order on AI.
The absence of Commerce officials perhaps reflects the ongoing transition after the Jan. 20 inauguration. The Paris summit will focus less on the dangers of artificial intelligence than previous meetings at Bletchley Park and Seoul, a topic that has been rejected by some in the tech world.
