The United Kingdom government announced plans to host a global AI Safety conference in autumn 2023. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made artificial intelligence one of the top priorities for his administration.
Bletchley Park sits within the British city of Milton Keynes as a former World War II codebreaking facility. The site was originally established by the British government on the grounds of a Victorian manor house where some of the first modern computers were built during the war years.
Twenty-eight nations issued an agreement known as the Bletchley Declaration during the summit. The document called for international cooperation to manage challenges posed by artificial intelligence systems and affirmed that AI should be designed and deployed in ways that are safe and human-centric.
Attendees included Kamala Harris serving as Vice President of the United States and Charles III attending virtually as King of the UK. Elon Musk appeared live alongside Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for an interview on X platform on the 2nd of November while Sam Altman represented OpenAI and Mustafa Suleyman spoke for DeepMind.
The AI Seoul Summit took place in South Korea on 21, the 22nd of May 2024. A second event called the AI Action Summit occurred in France on 10, the 11th of February 2025 and India hosted the AI Impact Summit on 19, the 20th of February 2026.