Dialogues

The dialogue discussed how rapid advances in AI capability are not translating automatically into broad economic gains or meaningful adoption. Participants stressed that AI diffusion is highly uneven across sectors, firms, countries, and demographic groups, with stronger uptake in digitally mature settings. Participants discussed approaches to AI diffusion and current outcomes measurements and proposed that better metrics would be more comparable across economies and measure how AI technologies are integrated into production. 

The dialogue examined how rapid AI-driven growth in data centers is impacting increasing electricity and water consumption worldwide. Participants discussed how international governance efforts may help build out measurement, standards, and reporting tools, and explored energy policy and investment strategies for managing energy constraints in the context of hyperscaler expansion and sustainability goals. 

Participants discussed sovereign AI systems and strategies, open and proprietary models, and sovereignty strategies across the “AI Stack.” 

Participants discussed the upcoming G7 Hiroshima AI Process reporting framework, including initial reactions and questions for the future. The dialogue also included a discussion of a recent UNESCO report on network of national AI supervision authorities. 

The dialogue discussed national AI strategies across Latin America, including in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico and the relation with regional strategies and organizations. 

This dialogue covered the network of international AI Safety Institutes (AISIs), including in the U.S., Canada, EU, and France ahead of the first AISI network meeting in San Francisco. 

Participants discussed the OECD-GPAI integrated partnership, the G7 Hiroshima AI Process, and UN developments, including the Summit for the Future and the Global Digital Compact. 

FCAI leaders presented on a “recipe for global governance,” mapping the existing field of global AI governance institutions, and weighing the strengths of a networked iterative approach that works with and builds on existing international fora or a new international body to coordinate governance work. This discussion was followed by a conversation on the AI Safety Institutes.

This dialogue discussed national AI strategies across Africa, including in Nigeria, Senegal, Egypt, Rwanda, Kenya, and Tanzania, as well as the African Union’s AI strategy. Participants discussed global inclusion in international processes and how FCAI participants can include greater Global South participation in their development of AI policy and foster the UN Sustainable Development Goals. 

Participants ranked areas where international cooperation is needed and discussed which initiatives, if any, they saw as the most promising avenues for progress on international governance. Following this discussion, there was a presentation on the G7 Hiroshima AI Process. 

The dialogue covered standards development and cooperation on AI standards in the Indo-Pacific, transatlantic cooperation on international standards, multinational perspectives on standard-setting, and a presentation and discussion on Brazil’s draft AI bill. 

This dialogue discussed trends in generative AI development and deployment. Then, building on those trends, the participants discussed the implications for public policy and international governance, particularly in thinking through legislation that is technology neutral or AI specific. 

This dialogue gave an overview of the UN Global Digital Compact. A common thread in feedback provided by FCAI participants was the challenge of inclusion and equity, particularly with respect to the Global South. The dialogue also discussed recent CEIMIA research on an AI regulatory policy comparative framework. 

The dialogue focused on AI value chains and general purpose AI. The discussion then turned to a review of the year, including discussion on developments in international AI cooperation, such as the G7, GPAI, and TTC. Lastly, the group discussed the FCAI interim report’s recommendations, went over progress, and previewed the next steps. 

Participants discussed the U.S. AI Bill of Rights, the EU AI Act and conformity assessments, Canada’s AI legislation, and research on the AI compliance landscape.