Macron announces an additional 500 million euros to go “much faster and stronger”

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2023-06-14 19:00:12


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The Head of State went to the VivaTech fair in Paris this Wednesday afternoon. A trip that is part of the sequence devoted to sovereignty.

The sequence “sovereigntyby Emmanuel Macron continues. This Wednesday afternoon, the President of the Republic went to the VivaTech fair in Paris. On the occasion of the opening of this event dedicated to new technologies, the Head of State presented new measures to support a sector encountering financing difficulties, after good years.

Emmanuel Macron first answered on artificial intelligence. If France iswell positioned in continental Europe“, we must accelerate, under penalty of being left behind by the Americans and the Chinese, he noted. “Worst Case Scenariowould be for Europe to invest less than its competitors in AI, while goingmuch furtherin its regulation, warned Emmanuel Macron.

To go “much faster and stronger“, the government will therefore first “speed up training», drawing on the pool of research organizations and universities to acquire the best talent for tomorrow. “We must set ourselves the objective of doubling the number of training courses“, he said, saying he wanted to bring out “five to ten IA clusters, up to 500 million euros», to see appear «two to three centers of excellence” In France. In addition, Paris wishes to improve its computing capacities, a “huge strainto move forward on the AI ​​file. The President of the Republic said in particular that he wanted to move forward on the question of “gigacalculators“. Finally, on generative AI, Emmanuel Macron said he believed in the open source model.

Downstream, the Head of State wishes to define “how the state and the community» reap the benefits of artificial intelligence. Citing the example of our Estonian neighbours, who use these technologies to “handle small civil disputes“, Emmanuel Macron estimated that a”lots of thingscould be improved using AI. Immigration was cited as an example, France having a “data processing capacity problem“: in this context, these technologies must make it possible to “process much fasterthese flows, while limiting fraud and avoiding multiple hirings, he explained.

A “sovereignty” sequence after the retreats

«The battle for our sovereignty is also played out in algorithms“, Estimated the Elysée in a press release issued before the trip. On the sidelines of his visit to the show, the Head of State was to address “the challenges of technology and innovation in France“, and to shed light on the “funding levers» companies and start-ups in this field.

Emmanuel Macron was also eagerly awaited on his vision for artificial intelligence, while some experts call for a pause in its development, while others highlight the issues of sovereignty linked to these technological upheavals. “I want France to be a champion in this area and to position itself at the forefront of this new industrial revolution.“, he wrote on Twitter, Tuesday, calling for action”in Europeans” on this topic.

Ardèche on Tuesday for medicines, visit to a Chamatex factory manufacturing sneakers on the same day, presence at the opening of the VivaTech show on Wednesday, speech expected on Friday on aviation and the production of sustainable fuels “with us»… The President of the Republic is increasing his interventions this week around sovereignty. A way to highlight his fight on this subject, and the successes obtained in his eyes. A way, too, to turn the page on pension reform.

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