Emmanuel Macron grants an exclusive interview with France 2, this Sunday, January 9, 2025. He should discuss the great challenges of AI for France and the world in a “unprecedented format”.
Emmanuel Macron will be the guest of France 2 and Indian media Firstpost This Sunday, February 9, to evoke artificial intelligence (AI). The President of the Republic will answer questions from Laurent Delahousse and Palki Sharma Upadhyay after the 8 p.m. newspaper, France Télévisions announced in a statement.
An “unprecedented format” this Sunday evening
The public service presents this great interview as a “unprecedented format”. Indeed, the two journalists who will exchange with the Head of State will ask their questions from the Grand Palais, in Paris. The details of a potential innovative staging were not revealed by France Télévisions, nor the Palais de l’Elysée.
For Emmanuel Macron, this is to express themselves “on the big challenges of AI for France and the world”, specifies France 2. This interview comes during the international summit on artificial intelligence, co- chaired by France and India.
So little information has leaked on the content of Emmanuel Macron’s speech, he should speak exclusively about AI, or almost. An investment plan could be announced to try to promote France in a sector dominated by ultra-power of tech: the United States and China.
Difficult to stand out against the two juggers in the sector. If hexagon cannot boast of being the cause of GPT or Deepseak cat, it could bet on a vein of the future: energy. Indeed, tricolor nuclear energy has something to attract certain companies.
The largest campus in Europe dedicated to AI
Yesterday, Thursday, February 6, France acted a partnership with the Arab Emirates to build the largest “data center” in Europe devoted to artificial intelligence. This campus will benefit from a calculation capacity of up to a Giga Whatt, “which represents investments of an order of magnitude of 30 to 50 billion euros”, announced the Élysée on Thursday. This campus will be developed by “a consortium of Franco-Emiratis champions”, and in particular by the investment fund MGX, backed by the United Arab Emirates, it is said.
Inaugurated this Thursday, the World Summit on Artificial Intelligence organized in Paris takes place over six days. After Emmanuel Macron’s interview on France 2 this Sunday, several political leaders are expected at the show early next week.
Between Monday, 10 and Tuesday, February 11, US vice-president JD Vence and Chinese Deputy Prime Minister Zhang Guoqing will be present in particular. The president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and finally the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz are also expected in the French capital.