U.S. Global Leadership on AI a Welcome Development

The U.S. government announced on May 27 that it was joining the Global Partnership on AI (GPAI), a group launched by the G7 to provide cooperation between nations on artificial intelligence. This is a sharp change of course for the United States which had held out on joining the group initially out of concern that its European allies would use the forum to push for aggressive regulation of the technology without clear evidence of harms. Instead, the group is now set up to focus on the responsible development of AI, including by developing research agendas, promoting AI workforce development, and spurring AI innovation and commercialization, while ensuring these uses align with shared democratic values.