It is the president himself who will mark the opening, this Tuesday, of an important sequence on artificial intelligence. The Elysée salons will receive “talents” from the sector, before going to the VivaTech exhibition on Wednesday, with the objective of “making Paris an essential place for AI” in the world, the presidency said on Monday. Two days which will therefore be dedicated to this “extremely strategic technology, which raises many questions but represents a significant reservoir of growth”, detailed the Elysée Palace. Several important players in the sector, such as Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google, or Yann Le Cun, vice-president of Meta, will be present.
In his speeches, the French president should set “directions to go even further” in terms of artificial intelligence and make Paris “an AI power”, according to the Elysée. At the heart of this speech, announcements which will revolve around the recommendations of a committee of experts on generative AI, which submitted its report to the executive in mid-March. The latter recommended in particular that France launch a national awareness plan, or even invest five billion euros per year over five years to be on par with the United States and China.
Preparing for the AI 2025 show in Paris
The President of the Republic should also announce the launch of several working groups to prepare the agenda for a summit on AI which will be organized by Paris in 2025, after the United Kingdom in 2023 or South Korea This year. The objective: “establish the modalities of global and structured governance of AI”. France intends in particular to distinguish itself from the United Kingdom, one of the leaders in the sector, by not limiting the debate on AI to “existential risks of this technology”, detailed the presidency. “There are other, more urgent and concrete issues regarding the deployment of AI and its use for the common good.”
The Head of State will continue this dedicated sequence on Wednesday afternoon with a visit to the VivaTech show, the largest European event on new technologies, which takes place from Wednesday to Saturday in Paris and will largely devote its 8th edition to intelligence. artificial.