Global Partnership on AI Adopts First Workplan — December 3, 2020
GPAI members convened in Montreal for the inaugural summit, endorsing their first multi-year workplan on responsible AI, data governance, and pandemic response projects.
Canada and France hosted the first Global Partnership on AI (GPAI) Summit, where ministers and experts approved project roadmaps spanning responsible AI, data governance, the future of work, and innovation and commercialisation. Members committed to advancing practical pilots and providing policy guidance to support trustworthy AI deployment.
- Workplan adoption. The steering committee endorsed 2021 deliverables, including bias mitigation toolkits, pandemic response projects, and SME enablement programmes.
- Montreal Centre of Expertise. Canada announced the International Centre of Expertise in Montréal for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (ICEMAI) to coordinate multi-stakeholder research.
- Inclusive governance. GPAI invited additional partner economies and multilateral bodies to participate in working groups and share implementation lessons.
Policy and product teams should monitor GPAI project outputs for early operational guidance on cross-border responsible AI practices.
Follow-up: GPAI summits in Paris (2021), Tokyo (2022), and New Delhi (2023) produced work streams on responsible generative AI, and 2024 deliverables focus on safety evaluations and compute access for start-ups.
Sources
- First annual meeting of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence — Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada; Summit communiqué outlining GPAI’s inaugural projects, governance decisions, and centre of expertise announcements.
- GPAI Montreal Summit 2020 — Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence; Provides agendas, working group reports, and recordings from GPAI’s inaugural summit.