Chinese artist Li Xinmo has been invited by the French government to participate in the AI Action Summit, which will take place at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, from February 10 to 11, 2025.
The summit will bring together global leaders, scholars, entrepreneurs, and artists to discuss the development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology and its impact on society, economy, and culture.
As an AI artist, Li Xinmo is dedicated to exploring the integration of artificial intelligence with traditional art creation. Her work transcends the boundaries of conventional art, utilizing technologies such as deep learning and generative adversarial networks to create innovative and expressive digital art.
Li Xinmo believes that artificial intelligence is not just a tool but a new artistic language that offers artists fresh perspectives and sources of inspiration. It not only expands the forms of artistic expression but also provides new creative mediums for artists worldwide. "I look forward to sharing experiences with peers from around the globe and exploring how AI can foster innovation and development in art," she said.
About the 2025 AI Action Summit
From February 10 to 11, 2025, the AI Action Summit will be held at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, gathering leaders, researchers, entrepreneurs, artists, and civil society representatives from nearly 100 countries to discuss the development, application, and importance of global cooperation in artificial intelligence (AI).
The goal of the summit is to ensure that AI technology can bring positive impacts to society and the economy, promote its global adoption and application, while respecting human values and ensuring that the technology serves the public interest.
Core Topics of the AI Action Summit
AI and Public Interest: Exploring how to ensure that AI serves the public good, driving economic development and social progress.
Future of Work: Analyzing how AI impacts the global labor market and its profound effects on job content and methods.
Innovation and Cultural Integration: Investigating how AI promotes technological innovation and cultural expression, especially in art creation and the creative industries.
Trustworthy AI: Discussing how to ensure the safety, transparency, and alignment of AI with human values to enhance public trust in the technology.
Global AI Governance: Promoting international cooperation to ensure that AI development aligns with global common interests and facilitates the technology's adoption in developing countries.
The summit is initiated by French President Emmanuel Macron, with India co-chairing the event. To ensure comprehensiveness and inclusivity, representatives from over 100 countries, experts and scholars from various industries, as well as civil society organizations and private enterprises, will gather to discuss how to effectively develop AI technology globally and ensure that no country or group is left behind.
Preparatory Activities and Global Mobilization
In the lead-up to the summit, a series of global preparatory activities and discussions have been held across various countries, covering multiple themes in academia, business, and culture. These activities have laid the groundwork for the summit's discussions, ensuring that the outcomes represent a broad consensus from all parties worldwide.
Goals and Vision
The AI Action Summit aims to promote global cooperation and innovation, ensuring that AI can bring economic and social benefits to all countries, particularly developing ones, while safeguarding technological safety, ethics, and transparency.
France and Europe play a crucial role in this process, aiming to create an open, inclusive, and human-centered AI future through the combination of innovation and regulation. Through this summit, France hopes to strengthen its leadership in the global AI field and lay a solid foundation for the strategic independence, innovation, and sustainable development of future technologies.
Meanwhile, Europe will seize this opportunity to showcase its ambitions in AI talent development, research, and infrastructure construction, as well as its ability to support the emergence of global leaders.
The AI Action Summit will become a significant milestone in the global development of AI, providing a platform for international cooperation and experience sharing, and promoting the sustainable development of AI technology across ethical, social, economic, and cultural dimensions.
About Artist Li Xinmo
Li Xinmo is a contemporary Chinese artist and a professor at Jili College. She engages in cross-media and interdisciplinary art innovation, exploring the possibilities of art integration from calligraphy to video and performance art. Since 2015, she has focused on the intersection of art and science, using AI deep vision for her creations. Her representative work, Daydreams, is a decade-long series of collaborations between the artist and artificial intelligence. Her works have been exhibited at the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities in Sweden, the Museum of World Culture in Sweden, the Women's Museum in Bonn, Germany, the Museum of Modern Art in Salzburg, Austria, the Lillehammer Art Museum in Oslo, Norway, and the Ipswich Museum (CIMS) in London, UK.