For all the prophesying about AI going away, it’s still attracting plenty of investment. The latest person to announce a massive injection of AI funding is French President Emmanuel Macron, who has stated that the majority of €93 billion pledged by foreign companies at this year’s ‘Choose France’ summit is headed to AI projects.
The news is a marker of how quickly France has come to dominate the European AI scene. Having championed French tech companies for over a decade, Macron has led the charge for French AI investment—putting France at the forefront of AI development, and positioning it as a future home of high-tech…
