At the start of the year, artificial intelligence is in good place in the Elysée agenda. Two weeks before a world summit in Paris, the special envoy of the President of the Republic on the subject makes it even known that France hopes to raise 2.5 billion euros over five years for a foundation supposed to put this tool ” service of the general interest ”.
This “foundation devoted to artificial intelligence to promote its development at the service of the general interest, which could be located in Paris” must be born from the IA summit organized by France in early February, declares Anne Bouverot in an interview with La Tribune on Sundaygiven to Davos in Switzerland.
Objective: “500 million this year”
“It would make it possible to collect data of general interest, on health for example. The idea is to create a confidence framework to bring together this data, which would be freely accessible to researchers and sold at a low price for start-ups. They would be paid for private players, ”she adds. “We hope to raise 2.5 billion euros over five years to finance this foundation, including 500 million this year”.
The Paris Summit, which must peak by a diplomatic summit at the Grand Palais on February 10 and 11, has two other objectives: “form a coalition for a sustainable AI”, and “that the participating countries sign a joint declaration on the need for 'International governance “, a” text of intentions and commitments “, specifies Anne Bouverot. Finally, “there will be at the top of the announcements on the installation of new data centers in France”.
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On the participants' side, she confirms that Emmanuel Macron would co -reside with the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. On the other hand, she does not say who will represent China and the United States. For companies, Sam Altman, the co -founder of Openai, who created Chatgpt, is notably expected.
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