Bletchley Park AI Safety Summit and the Bletchley Declaration
The UK hosted the first global AI Safety Summit on 1–2 November 2023; 28 countries plus the EU, including the US and China, signed the Bletchley Declaration on frontier AI risks.
Key facts
- Held 1–2 November 2023 at Bletchley Park
- Bletchley Declaration signed by 28 countries and the EU
- UK and US announced AI Safety Institutes
- Commissioned the International AI Safety Report led by Yoshua Bengio
- Follow-ups: Seoul (May 2024) and Paris AI Action Summit (February 2025)
What happened
Governments and frontier labs met to discuss risks from the most capable AI systems and agreed a shared statement.
Why it matters
First intergovernmental agreement on frontier AI risk, and it created the network of national AI safety institutes.
Changelog
- 2026-09-29: created
Related events
- US Executive Order 14110 on safe, secure and trustworthy AI ★★★★
- AI Seoul Summit: Frontier AI Safety Commitments ★★★
- Paris AI Action Summit; US and UK decline to sign declaration ★★★
- Leading AI scientists sign the one-sentence statement on AI extinction risk ★★★★
- EU AI Act enters into force ★★★★★
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