Emmanuel Macron particulars his technique and requires “economic patriotism” | EUROtoday

“We need more economic and European patriotism. You have to go there, buy French and European artificial and European intelligence (IA) every time it exists! »»exhorted, Friday, February 7, Emmanuel Macron, in an interview given to several titles of the regional press, of which The Parisian And Ouest-France.

Three days before a World Summit in Paris in which the president of the European Commission must in particular participate, Ursula von der Leyen, the French head of state wondered: “Are we ready to fight to be fully autonomous, independent, or do we let the competition be reduced to a battle between the United States of America and China?” If Europe seizes this subject, simplifies, accelerates, it has a card to play. »»

Already, the Elysée had announced Thursday, as a preamble to the summit, the intention of the United Arab Emirates to build a giant data center in France in France, within a “Campus” focused on AI which will be the largest in Europe. With a calculation capacity of up to a gigawatt, this project ” represents investments of an order of magnitude of 30 to 50 billion euros ”stated the Elysée.

Friday, the Bpifrance public bank also announced to invest 10 billion euros in artificial intelligence by 2029, to support the development of this technology and its adoption by companies.

Amounts which contrast with the $ 500 billion (484 billion euros) of investment in the AI ​​announced in mid-January by the American president, Donald Trump, as part of the plan “Stargate”. “It exhibits our attractiveness”reacted the Minister accountable for French AI, Clara Chappaz, on Franceinfo radio. “There will be a number of announcements that will be made as part of the summit. We are in the race and we are careful to remain so. »»

Friday, the Elysée gave more details on the establishment of the 35 new sites “Loans to use” Who will be able to accommodate data centers for AI, a type of infrastructure necessary for the training of AI models. Among the main regions concerned, the Hauts-de-France have eight, while Ile-de-France and the Grand-Est have seven each. These different sites – the exact location of which has not been revealed – will occupy some 1,200 hectares in total, while France today hosts more than three hundred data centers.

“We must not be afraid of innovation”

In his interview, the President of the Republic also considered that “The AI ​​will revolutionize the way of working”saying to see her “Like a way of recreating competitiveness and productivity for our industries, to create new sectors, to rethink time and work planning.” “We must not be afraid of innovation”he urges, pointing “A risk that some give no rule”,, ” but also [celui] On the contrary, Europe gives too many rules, dismisses from others and therefore can no longer innovate ”.

So that AI isn’t “The Far-West”Emmanuel Macron introduced for the Parisian summit “A declaration open to the signing of all countries and guests, in a completely voluntary mode, with strong principles on the protection of rights, the environment, the integrity of information, intellectual property”. M^me von der Leyen should additionally current “A plan with a dozen large public supercomputers dedicated to public research or open for European start-ups”he introduced.

He additionally highlighted the hexagonal potential to accommodate supercomputers who can flip with electrical vitality “95 % decarbonized” and the 4 billion euros deliberate by the France 2030 Investment Plan in 2027, to which have to be added “Divided private funding”.

Saturday and Sunday, two days shall be dedicated to the Place de l’Ia in tradition, with occasions organized in cultural locations and museums. Objective: to point out the probabilities of AI within the inventive discipline and to reassure the creators who declare safeguards. “I hear this fear, I mean here that France will continue to have a clear voice, that is to say that which protects the specificity of genius, talent, recognition of rights, this property”stated Emmanuel Macron.