Eight countries and top AI labs agree to shutdown mechanisms in new Paris declaration

Representatives of eight countries, tech companies and civil-society organizations signed the "Paris Call for AI Safety and Security" on Nov. 9, ahead of the Paris Peace Forum, with Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Brad Smith, Arthur Mensch, Yoshua Bengio and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent joining the declaration during an online meeting with Emmanuel Macron; Germany did not sign. The document covers shared procedures for evaluating high-capability AI models, clearer developer accountability and better information sharing on serious security incidents, and companies pledge to disclose known risks, support risk-proportionate independent audits and set up shutdown mechanisms for models under their control. It creates no binding international oversight system, deadlines or sanctions, since shared standards and cooperation procedures still have to be worked out.