French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a meeting with members of the AI sector at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, France, on May 21, 2024. Yoan Valat | Afp | Getty Images PARIS — France is touting itself as the next artificial intelligence superpower. The Viva Technology conference in Paris last week was buzzing …
Insider Brief OVHcloud announced updates to its Quantum Notebooks portfolio. The company added a new Quantum Notebook supporting the IBM-developed open-source QiskitTM SDK. This new addition completes OVHcloud’s set of Quantum Notebooks available in the Cloud, including Alice & Bob, C12, Eviden, Pasqal and Quandela. PRESS RELEASE — OVHcloud, the European Cloud leader, announced at …
Microsoft says it is investing $4.3 billion toward tech projects in France. The spending package will focus on cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, “AI skilling, and French Tech acceleration,” the company announced Monday (May 13), with the goal of training 1 million people and supporting 2,500 AI startups by 2027. The news marks Microsoft’s largest investment in …
Amazon is reportedly set to invest nearly $1.3 billion on tech projects in France. The eCommerce giant is one of several global companies poised to announce new foreign investments in France this week, Bloomberg News reported Sunday (May 12). French President Emmanuel Macron will host 180 CEOs and executives at the Château de Versailles on …
Image Credits: Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images Samsung Medison, a medical device unit of Samsung Electronics that specializes in developing diagnostic imaging devices, said on Wednesday it plans to acquire Sonio, a Paris-based startup that makes AI-powered software for ultrasound workflows, for about $92.7 million (KRW 126 billion). The French startup’s AI assistant is aimed …
PARIS (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida unveiled an international framework for regulation and use of generative AI on Thursday, adding to global efforts on governance for the rapidly advancing technology. Kishida made the announcement in a speech at the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. “Generative AI has the potential to be …
Governance & Risk Management , Government , Industry Specific Atos Received a Letter of Intent From French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • April 29, 2024 The French government sent a nonbinding letter of intent to acquire the cybersecurity unit of Paris-based Atos. (Image: Shutterstock) The French government could acquire …
This article is part of a series, Bots and Ballots: How artificial intelligence is reshaping elections worldwide. Since OpenAI’s ChatGPT went public in late 2022, artificial intelligence — everything from chatbots and deepfake videos to perceived apocalyptic threats associated with the technology — has taken the world by storm. But the public’s awareness of the …
Clegg, a former British deputy prime minister, argued that policing AI was akin to building a plane already in flight — inherently risky and difficult work. Harris trumpeted Washington’s efforts to address the dangers of AI through voluntary business agreements as the world’s gold standard. Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, who was …
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem has been the target of online disinformation campaigns in the past. ERIC PIERMONT/AFP via Getty Images Could “rationing the internet” be the solution to combat online hate and the rise of deepfakes? One former French education minister that has previously bore the brunt of online trolls seems to think so. In a move …