Global AI race is on, world leaders say at Paris summit

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Global AI race is on, world leaders say at Paris summit

At this week’s Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, world leaders and technologists gathered to discuss the rapidly evolving field of generative artificial intelligence. Many are eager to join the global AI race, while others are proceeding with caution. Tina Trinh reports.

At the Paris AI Action Summit, the Global South rises

The summit reflected a growing consensus that AI’s future must be both innovative and rooted in shared prosperity.

AI Action Summit: Does regulation stifle innovation?

After the Paris AI Action Summit wrapped up earlier this week, we look at the future of AI governance and its impact on the global economy. In a bid to make up for lost time, Europe and France have pledged significant boosts in artificial intelligence investments and promised to keep regulations from stifling innovation. FRANCE 24's Charles Pellegrin speaks to Sasha Rubel, European head of generative AI policy at Amazon Web Services, and Alexand…

The AI Action Summit in Paris was all about investment and competition as the Trump administration made even a token acknowledgment of AI safety unacceptable

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The Paris summit on artificial intelligence (AI) organised by France was held on 10 and 11 February 2025. It will remain in history as a great moment of acceleration. Emmanuel Macron declared on Monday in conclusion of the first day: "We want to accelerate, we want to narrow the gap". But what, just accelerate? While civil society is organizing, notably through the Hiatus coalition launched at the initiative of La Quadrature du Net, in order to …