Macron urges Europe to simplify its regulations to return to the artificial intelligence race

All eyes were on French President Emmanuel Macron at the end of the first day of the Summit of Artificial Work in Paris after he distributed an investment package of 109 billion euros (about 112 billion dollars at current exchange rates) in the French ecosystem AI on Sunday evening.

This financial commitment from private sector partners was ready to build databases in France (mostly) and invest in companies emerging from artificial intelligence (sometimes). According to him, the main reason behind the selection of international investors in France for the huge database project to increase the offer in the country from nuclear energy.

“I have a good friend on the other side of the ocean says” drilling, child, drilling. “Here, there is no need for drilling, it is just a” plug, a child, a plug “, President Macron said.

But he does not want to make the AI ​​Action Summit everything about France. For me, this summit is not just a declaration of a lot of investment in France. It is an invitation to wake up for a European strategy. “

“Tomorrow, President Van der Lin will announce the European artificial intelligence strategy and will be a very important occasion. But this strategy will be a unique opportunity for Europe to accelerate, simplify our regulations, deepen the unified market and invest in computing capabilities.”

Since the European Union wants to simplify the organization, Macron appears to support this line of thinking. “It is very clear that we must synchronize the rest of the world in terms of transmission, in terms of allowing, in terms of licensing, clinical trials – I mean, in all different sectors.”

Macron also urged European companies to buy from European startups. According to him, most companies in the United States and China prefer local solutions. But this is rarely the case in Europe, especially when it comes to technology.

On Tuesday, global leaders and executives of technology will reveal a new statement. Many will examine the content and the list of countries that have reached a pledge at the end of the summit to see if it is still possible to agree on the list of priorities when it comes to organizing artificial intelligence.

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