Beyond investment announcements, the aim is to discuss initiatives to try to ensure governance of AI and prevent its excesses, such as its environmental cost. In addition to discussions and round tables at the Grand Palais, several diplomatic meetings are also planned at the Élysée, including a grand dinner this Monday evening with heads of state and bosses.
The artificial intelligence match is currently being played between the United States and China. But Emmanuel Macron wants to appear to be at the helm to ensure a prominent place for France and Europe. The casting of this summit co-chaired by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is therefore intended to be very prestigious.
The president was personally involved in the organization of this summit, which allows him to return to the forefront. The Élysée Palace pulled out all the stops by inviting nearly 1,500 participants to the Grand Palais for two days: heads of state and government, business leaders, researchers and financiers who will debate the many issues raised by artificial intelligence.
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed the visit of the Armenian Prime Minister and expressed his gratitude for accepting the invitation to participate in the Artificial Intelligence Summit in Paris.
After announcing investments in France in artificial intelligence, Emmanuel Macron promised on Monday to accelerate the implementation of the necessary infrastructure, on the first day of the summit in Paris devoted to this technology.
« I told (investors) that we were going to adopt the Notre-Dame strategy, » declared the French president, in English, at the end of the day, which welcomed many players from the tech and civil society around round tables at the Grand Palais.
Emmanuel Macron’s « Plug, baby, plug » versus Donald Trump’s « drill baby drill »
Instead of Donald Trump’s campaign slogan « drill baby drill » (« Fore, baby, fore », in reference to oil wells, Editor’s note), Emmanuel Macron preferred the French « Plug, baby, plug » and highlighted the « low-carbon energy available » in France thanks to nuclear power to power the gigantic data centers that provide the computing power needed for AI.
This summit is therefore not only a diplomatic event, but also a forum for tech companies, where French start-ups will rub shoulders with the world’s AI giants. The objective is clear: to show that France and Europe are capable of positioning themselves at the same level as these powers in terms of AI, and that they are ready to play a central role in the global governance of this technology.
Emmanuel Macron hosted a big dinner on artificial intelligence this Monday evening
After the first day of the summit, there was also a dinner with heads of state, governors and bosses of artificial intelligence technology.
This Monday evening, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron receives politicians, big bosses and specialists in artificial intelligence. Among the guests at the Elysée, is J.D. Vance, Justin Trudeau, Narendra Modi, Sam Altman, Zhang Guoqing, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Nikol Pachinian, Olaf Scholz, the bosses of Alibaba, Open AI, Google, Anthropic, Ursula Von der Leyen, Stéphane Séjourné, Lisa Su, Alain Berset, Alexandre Bompard, Bernard Arnault, Maurice Levy, etc.
The French president will go to Station F, the start-up incubator founded by French businessman Xavier Niel, on Tuesday evening for a « business day » to meet European and international tech companies.
For the first time organized within the European Union, the Paris summit, attended by some 1,500 people, follows two others in South Korea and the United Kingdom.
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