Bletchley Declaration (AI Safety Summit 2023): requirements, deadlines and compliance actions
The Bletchley Declaration by countries attending the AI Safety Summit, 1–2 November 2023
What is Bletchley Declaration (AI Safety Summit 2023)?
Signed by countries including the United States, China, the EU, India, Japan and Brazil, the declaration recognises the opportunities of AI and the risks of frontier models, commits signatories to cooperate on identifying AI safety risks and building risk-based policies, and launched the summit series continued in Seoul (2024) and Paris (2025) and the network of AI safety institutes.
Who does it apply to?
Political declaration; no obligations for organisations.
- Sectors
- Cross-sector / all sectors
- AI use cases
- Generative AI and foundation models
- Risk categories
- Systemic-risk general-purpose model
- AI system types
- General-purpose AI model
When do the requirements apply?
Dates are taken from the linked official source; a reviewer should confirm in-force and application dates before relying on them.
Official sources
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The Bletchley Declaration by Countries Attending the AI Safety Summit, 1-2 November 2023
UK Government (GOV.UK) · 1 Nov 2023 · Tier 1 source
Change history
Record version 1: Added in the September 2026 global coverage expansion from the official source listed; reviewer to confirm dates, status and scope against the source text.. Full edit history is in the GitHub repository.
Informational only, not legal advice. Verify every claim against the linked official sources and consult qualified counsel before acting.