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In a platform published on the website of Marianneseveral tech entrepreneurs call for a French and European start to develop sovereign capacities in terms of artificial intelligence, so as not to depend exclusively on American and Chinese giants.
A global context that accelerates
The United Kingdom has announced a program of several billion pounds intended to stimulate AI research and develop dedicated supercomputers. For its part, the United States has launched the Stargate project, accompanied by an envelope of $ 500 billion to deploy the infrastructure necessary for AI. China is continuing a vast project to collect and prepare public data in order to train its models, thus accelerating the development of competitive technological solutions.
Faced with these initiatives, France can no longer be content to think about the simple regulation of foreign algorithms. The signatories of the tribune, including lawyers, managers of specialized companies and other tech players, warn against a major risk of dependence: if hexagon does not quickly develop its own capacities, He will remain dependent on external actors for a whole section of his economy, his public services, even his digital sovereignty.
The nerve of war: data
At the heart of the technological race is the fact. Today, platforms such as Microsoft, Amazon, Google or Openai hold and operate huge data deposits through their services. On the other hand, France and more generally Europe are struggling to enhance their “dormant treasures” in the public and private sectors. However, access to data constitutes a decisive asset: to train efficient AI models, it is necessary to have considerable volumes of information, whether it is health, education, transport or still research.
According to the authors of the gallery, the European initiative around ” Data Spaces – Spaces dedicated to sharing and pooling of data – is at a promising stage. The signatories defend a strategy for creating and pooling these secure and regulated resources, which would offer start-ups and European groups a competitive lever. In addition, priority access to certain data for national or European actors would make it possible to develop tailor -made solutions, adapted to the specific needs of administrations, hospitals, schools or local industries.
Build a sovereign and adapted AI
If the generalist AI has imposed itself in multiple uses (translation, recognition of images, conversational assistants, etc.), the tribune underlines the importance of developing specialized systems corresponding to the challenges of France and the Europe. In fields such as health, where sharing and crossing sensitive data are crucial for research, only secure access to patient information will make it possible to design really efficient prevention and diagnostic programs. The same goes for education, housing, employment or energy transition.
By structuring a large national and European plan, it would not only be a question of redirecting public procurement towards local actors – according to the example of the GAFAM, formerly supported by the American State – but also of increasing economic benefits through The marketing of these technologies outside the French market. In fact, an AI conceived in compliance with our standards and our values would gain in international credibility, thanks to a protective legal framework, often rented for its seriousness (we are thinking in particular of the General Regulations on the Protection of data, GDPR).
The dangers of inaction
The authors of the gallery warn against the major risks that a prolonged delay would pose from France and Europe in the field of AI. In terms of geostrategictoo much dependence on infrastructure for processing and analyzing foreign data could undermine decision-making and state projection capacity. In terms of economicFrench companies, deprived of high -performance AI tools, could lose their competitiveness. Finally, at the level legislativeEurope, although in advance on the regulation and data protection, would risk being limited to adopting rules on technologies designed elsewhere, without mastery or real influence on future orientations.
The issue is therefore far beyond the AI market alone. It is the question of digital sovereignty that is asked, with its corollary: preserving the economic fabric, data protection, control of strategic infrastructure, and the possibility for Europe to arbitrate, or even innovate in This key sector.
A starting over a European scale
According to La Tribune, it is not too late for France, in partnership with the European Union, initiated a catch -up, even leadership movement in certain advanced areas. Data sharing infrastructure or the first locally developed AI models prove the existence of solid skills, both in researchers and in industrialists. Projects such as Prometheus-X, Eona-X, Tems or Pleias already materialize this desire to build sovereign solutions, adapted to European requirements and specificities.
The fact remains that these projects require a strong political impetus. The Summit for Action on AI, organized in Paris, could give birth to a foundation for AI, responsible for supporting and coordinating these initiatives. It will still be necessary to allocate a substantial budget and clarify its perimeter, in order to avoid yet another effect of announcement without concrete follow-up.
Among the signatories of this forum:
- Quentin Adam, president of Clever Cloud and Open Internet Project
- Bernard Benhamou, secretary general of the Institute of Digital Sovereignty (ISN)
- Léo Briand, founder and president of Vittascience, Vice-President of the AFINEF
- Martin Bussy, Legaltech entrepreneur, treasurer of Prometheus-X and deputy mayor Paris 20e
- Matthias de Bièvre, president of Visions and Prometheus-X
- Olivier Dion, President of OneCub and Secretary General of Prometheus-X
- Édouard Fillias, president of Jin
- Alain Garnier, president of Jamespot and the Efel association
- Jérôme Giusti, lawyer specializing in intellectual property law and digital law – Metalaw
- Michel Grosbost, president and founder of innovation Makers Alliance and the circle of infrastructure, technology and computer production managers.
- Charles Huot, president of Cap Digital,
- Léonidas Kalogeropoulos, president of mediations and arguments and DG of open internet project
- Jean-Baptiste Kempf, Cto de Scaleway
- Pierre-Carl Langlais, CTO and co-founder of Pleias
- Philippe Latombe, deputy for the 1st district of Vendée
- Yann Lechelle, CEO and co -founder of probablub
