Prime Minister Keir Starmer joined a leadership call chaired by French President Emmanuel Macron to coordinate international artificial intelligence safety standards ahead of forthcoming summit discussions and Britain’s presidency of the Group of Twenty.

The discussions drew on the expertise of the UK’s Artificial Intelligence Security Institute, bringing its technical knowledge into preparations for the international agenda.

The focus was coordination between countries, rather than a solely domestic approach to AI safety. The specific standards under discussion, how they would be applied and whether the call produced any agreement were not detailed.