Macron urges Europe to simplify regulations and return to AI races
All eyes were to President Emmanuel Macron of France at the end of the first day of the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit In Paris, after he rave reviews 100 billion euro investment package (Approximately $112 billion at current exchange rates) France’s AI ecosystem on Sunday evening.
He reiterated this financial commitment (sometimes) from private partners willing to build a data center in France and invest in AI startups. He said the main reason international investors are choosing France for their next large data center project comes from the country’s oversupply of nuclear energy.
“I have a good friend on the other side of the ocean who says, ‘drills, babes, drills’. There is no need to drill here. It’s just “plugs, babies, plugs,” Macron said.
However, he doesn’t want to create an AI action summit about France. “For me, this summit is not just announcing many investments in France. It’s a wake-up call for European strategy,” he said.
“Tomorrow, President van der Leien will announce the European AI strategy, which will be a very important opportunity. However, this strategy will accelerate Europe, simplifying regulations, deepen the single market, and It will be a unique opportunity to invest in computing capabilities,” he added.
As the European Union hopes Streamline regulationsMacron also appears to support this idea. “It is very clear that we must be synchronized with other parts of the world from a communication perspective, from a permit, permit, clinical trial perspective. That is, in all different sectors.”
Macron also urged European companies to buy from European startups. He said most companies in the US and China support their own solutions. However, this is rare in Europe, especially when it comes to technology.
On Tuesday, global leaders and high-tech CEOs will release new statements. Many will scrutinise both the content and list of countries that sign the pledge at the end of the summit, and see if it is still possible to agree to a list of priorities regarding AI regulations.
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