AI Summit: Nigeria, 59 others agree to address risks to information integrity

Nigeria, alongside 59 other countries have agreed to address the risks of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to information integrity and continue the work on AI transparency. The agreement was reached at the AI Action Summit co-chaired by France and India from 10 to 11 February 2025, in Paris, France. Participants were drawn from over 100 countries, […]

Nigeria, alongside 59 other countries have agreed to address the risks of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to information integrity and continue the work on AI transparency.

The agreement was reached at the AI Action Summit co-chaired by France and India from 10 to 11 February 2025, in Paris, France.

Participants were drawn from over 100 countries, including government leaders, international organisations, representatives of civil society, the private sector, and the academic and research communities.

In a joint statement released late Wednesday, the 60 countries said: “Harnessing the benefits of AI technologies to support our economies and societies depends on advancing Trust and Safety. We will keep addressing the risks of AI to information integrity and continue the work on AI transparency”.

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While acknowledging the rapid development of AI technologies, they said they have identified priorities and launched concrete actions to advance the public interest and to bridge digital divides through accelerating progress towards the SDGs. 

“Our actions are grounded in three main principles of science, solutions – focusing on open AI models in compliance with countries frameworks – and policy standards in line with international frameworks.

The statement said the Summit highlighted the importance of reinforcing the diversity of the AI ecosystem, laid an open, multi-stakeholder and inclusive approach that will enable AI to be human rights-based, human-centric, ethical, safe, secure and trustworthy while also stressing the need and urgency to narrow the inequalities and assist developing countries in artificial intelligence capacity-building so they can build AI capacities.

“Acknowledging existing multilateral initiatives on AI, including the United Nations General Assembly Resolutions, the Global Digital Compact, the UNESCO Recommendation on Ethics of AI, the African Union Continental AI Strategy, and the works of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Council of Europe and European Union, the G7 including the Hiroshima AI Process and G20, we have affirmed the following main priorities: Promoting AI accessibility to reduce digital divides; ensuring AI is open, inclusive, transparent, ethical, safe, secure and trustworthy, taking into account international frameworks for all and making innovation in AI thrive by enabling conditions for its development and avoiding market concentration driving industrial recovery and development,” according to the statement. 

Other priorities are encouraging AI deployment that positively shapes the future of work and labour markets and delivers opportunities for sustainable growth, making AI sustainable for people and the planet, and reinforcing international cooperation to promote coordination in international governance.

To deliver on these priorities, they have launched a major public-interest AI platform and incubator to support, amplify, and decrease fragmentation between existing public and private initiatives on public-interest AI and address digital divides. 

The public interest AI Initiative will sustain and support digital public goods and technical assistance and capacity-building projects in data, model development, openness and transparency, audit, computing, talent, financing and collaboration to support and co-create a trustworthy AI ecosystem advancing the public interest of all, for all and by all.

Other signatory countries include Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Kenya, South Africa, the Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, European Union and African Union Commission.