French President Emmanuel Macron met with artificial intelligence experts from Google, Meta Platforms Inc and Alphabet Inc to discuss France’s role in AI research and regulation.
At a meeting at the Elysee Palace with Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire and Digital Minister Jean-Noël Barot, Macron spoke to experts including Yann Lecan, chief AI scientist at Meta, and Joel Barral, director of engineering at Google Research, according to people familiar with the matter. According to those who asked not to be named because the meeting was private.
The guests talked about France’s position in the global AI race, the technology’s positive and negative effects on society, and Europe’s upcoming regulation known as the AI Act, according to the people. Macron’s office did not respond to a request for comment on Thursday’s meeting.
While Macron was looking forward to hearing from most of the guests, attendees understood that the French president wanted to play a key role in European and global AI regulation. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has also expressed interest in influencing regulation and Macron’s strategy to further the rivalry between London and Paris to become the go-to destination for all things tech, innovation and venture capital. Is.
Macron is expected to present France’s blueprint for generative AI next week at the Paris technology conference VivaTech, according to people familiar with the matter. He is also scheduled to speak about the country’s economic sovereignty next week, and visit a pharmaceutical plant and a high-tech sneaker company before addressing an event about reducing the carbon footprint of aircraft, the people said. Will meet representatives of
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of electric-car maker Tesla Inc, will also attend the VivaTech conference. Last month, Musk said after meeting with Macron in Paris that he was confident Tesla would make significant investments in France in the future.
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The Elysee meeting was also attended by Antoine Bordes, vice president of European defense startup Helsing; Arthur Mensch, a former DeepMind scientist and co-founder of Mistral AI, a potential French rival to OpenAI; Laurent Daudet, Co-CEO of LiteOn; and Charles Gorintin, co-founder of insurance unicorn Allen.
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