Policy documentUK Government (host); signed by 28 states + EU, later 29 + EU2023-11-01
By Governments of 28 countries and the European Union
The declaration signed at the UK's AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park committing signatory states - including the US, China, the EU and the UAE - to international cooperation on frontier-AI safety.
Why it matters
It is the first time the US, China, the EU and a number of Gulf states put their names to the same short text on AI safety, at a moment when almost nothing else in AI governance commanded that breadth of agreement.
Key takeaways
UAE / MENA relevance
The UAE is a named signatory. It is the clearest single piece of evidence that the UAE has made an explicit, public, international commitment on frontier-AI safety cooperation - distinct from, and additional to, its own national AI strategy.
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