Think tank coalition urges countries to promote access to AI through trade

Governments should protect the freedom to create and use generative artificial intelligence tools and use trade agreements to prevent restrictions to AI access, a group of international think tanks said in a declaration issued on Wednesday. The Sept. 13 declaration , led by the U.S.-based Information Technology and Innovation Foundation and signed by 19 think tanks from around the world, urges governments to commit to “free and open AI” in the same way policymakers championed free and unimpeded internet access...