We were pleased to attend the AI Action Summit in Paris, and we appreciate the French government’s efforts to bring together AI companies, researchers, and policymakers from across the world. We share the goal of responsibly advancing AI for the benefit of humanity. However, greater focus and urgency is needed on several topics given the pace at which the technology is progressing. The need for democracies to keep the lead, the risks of AI, and the economic transitions that are fast approaching—these should all be central features of the next summit. We must accelerate our actions to match accelerating AI progress. Possibly by 2026 or 2027 (and almost certainly no later than 2030), the capabilities of AI systems will be best thought of as akin to an entirely new state populated by highly intelligent people appearing on the global stage—a “country of geniuses in a datacenter”—with the profound economic, societal, and security implications that would bring. Democracies must lead in AI to prevent authoritarian countries from establishing global military dominance through its misuse. International conversations on AI must address the technology’s growing security risks, including catastrophic misuse risks or “loss of control” scenarios. Governments need to enforce transparency of safety and security plans, facilitate measurement of cyber attacks, CBRN, autonomy, and other global security risks, and enact policy focused on ensuring everyone shares in the economic benefits of very powerful AI. The advance of AI presents major new global challenges that require faster and greater clarity to confront them.