Do Germany and Britain agree? Macron wants to be the leader of artificial intelligence in Europe in this field | France | Macron
On the 18th, American media reported that France is vigorously promoting the development of the artificial intelligence industry and striving to become the artificial intelligence center of the European continent.
French President Emmanuel Macron told US Consumer News and Business Channel last week
On June 1st, in Burboac, Moldova, French President Macron attended a press conference after the Second European Political Community Leaders Conference. Photo by Lian Yi, a journalist from Xinhua News Agency
Macron said that France has a talent advantage in the field of artificial intelligence, and there are already some startups, "we will invest heavily in training and research and development.".
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According to CNBC's report, at the "Technology Long Live" technology innovation exhibition held in France last week, attendees from startups, mature technology companies, as well as the beauty and banking industries, "artificial intelligence was on everyone's lips.". Macron and French Minister of Economy, Finance, Industry, and Digital Sovereignty Bruno Le Mer attended the innovation exhibition, demonstrating the French government's support for the development of the country's technology industry.
On June 15th, people visited the "Long Live Technology" technology innovation exhibition at the Versailles Exhibition Center in Paris, France. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Gao Jing
However, although France is ambitious in this field, it still faces fierce competition from Germany and the UK in order to stand out in Europe.
British Prime Minister Richie Sunak announced last week that the UK aims to become a global center for artificial intelligence. The UK government announced in April that it will provide a starting funding of £ 100 million to the team responsible for building the UK version of the artificial intelligence foundation model to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence technology in the UK.
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Anton Dahebra, co chair of the School of Reliable Automation at Johns Hopkins University in the United States, said that in order for France to succeed, it needs to enable the application of artificial intelligence technology in advantageous industries such as manufacturing and pharmaceuticals.
Macron said that although France currently does not have artificial intelligence giants like Microsoft in the United States, he hopes to form two or three "international level" enterprises in this field.
In this field, French startups have received strong capital support. Mistral Artificial Intelligence Company has only been established for 4 weeks and has successfully raised 105 million euros.