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UPSC Prelims 2025 GS Paper 1, question 95

Topic: Current affairs

Q95

Consider the following statements regarding AI Action Summit held in Grand Palais, Paris in February 2025 :

I. Co-chaired with India, the event builds on the advances made at the Bletchley Park Summit held in 2023 and the Seoul Summit held in 2024.

II. Along with other countries, US and UK also signed the declaration on inclusive and sustainable AI.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. (a) I onlyCorrect answer
  2. (b) II only
  3. (c) Both I and II
  4. (d) Neither I nor II

Solution.

Answer: (a) I only

  1. Statement I is correct: the AI Action Summit held at the Grand Palais in Paris in February 2025 was co-chaired by French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, building on the Bletchley Park (2023) and Seoul (2024) AI summits.
  2. Statement II is incorrect: while over 60 countries (including France, India, and China) signed the Paris declaration on 'Inclusive and Sustainable Artificial Intelligence for People and the Planet', both the United States and the United Kingdom declined to sign it.