France has committed €360 million to nine AI clusters, which bring together research, innovation and education
Photo credits: Institut Polytechnique de Paris
There was a distinctly European feel to the inauguration of the PostGenAI@Paris cluster at Sorbonne University on April 1, in which artificial intelligence is seen as a challenge as much as an opportunity.
The goal, university president Nathalie Drach-Temam explained, is to develop AI that is “open, ethical and honest.” In response to the misuse of AI to spread misinformation, Drach-Temam insisted on the university’s responsibility to work on questions of quality, data storage and “a better understanding of what [AI] is and what it isn’t.”
PostGenAI@Paris is one of nine proposals for AI clusters selected in May 2024 for a total of €360 million in public funding, as part of the €2.5 billion national…
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