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France and the United Arab Emirates announce a strategic partnership on AI
The president Emmanuel Macron And Mohamed ben zayed al nahyane signed a Framework agreement aimed at strengthening cooperation between France and the United Arab Emirates in the field of artificial intelligence. This commitment provides for the creation in France of a IA campus of 1 gigawattsupported by a Franco-emirati consortium.
Investment, the first tranche of which will be announced during the Summit Choose France 2025includes the development of data centersL’Acquisition of advanced fleasthere talent training and the implementation ofVirtual data embassies To structure a Sovereign infrastructure of AI and Cloud. The two countries will closely follow the progress of projects in the coming months.
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At the same time, the Minister of AI, Clara Chappaz, announced that 35 sites in France are ready to accommodate new data centers on a total of 1,200 hectares. Their location will be specified at the start of next week.
Cerebras and Mistral claim a speed record in the generative AI
Cerebras Systems, specialist in IA chips supported by the Conglomerate Émirati G42, announces a partnership with Mistral, French actor of Open-Source. The company claims to have provided the computing power allowing Mistral to generate responses to 1,000 words per second with its application The catexceeding Openai and Deepseek at the speed of inference. This collaboration marks a strategic advance for Cerebras, a direct competitor of Nvidia, while its IPO remains suspended due to the examination of the American authorities on the involvement of G42.
Kyutai introduces Hibiki, an AI of vocal translation in real time
Kyutai, the AI research laboratory co-founded by iliadpresented Hibikia simultaneous vocal translation model capable of Preserve the voice and rhythm of the speaker. Currently trained to translate French to Englishit is distinguished by a improved restitution quality and a reduced latencyoptimized for real -time use on mobile and in the cloud.
This announcement comes in a context where several players invest in the automated voice translationlike Meta,, Google or Deeplwhich develop competing solutions. The approach of Kyutai, by making Hibiki accessible to the scientific community, could promote the emergence of open-source alternatives in the face of dominant proprietary models.
CMA CGM deploys AI to optimize its operations and strengthen its competitiveness
CMA CGM accelerates the integration of artificial intelligence in its maritime, logistical and media activities. A strategic partnership with Googlesigned in July 2024, optimizes the management of fleets and warehouses thanks to digital twins and predictive maintenance.
Support for employees goes through the Tangram centerinaugurated in Marseille, which forms 3,000 employees per year. The group relies on Mistral AI, Perplexity and Microsoft To automate tasks and strengthen decision -making.
Customer side, Salesforce and Openai Food chatbots and recommendation solutions to improve the user experience. CMA CGM also invests in Mistral Ai, Poolside and Kyutaiand aims to play a key role in the European IA ecosystem.
Amazon goes beyond the expectations of its shareholders and increases its investment in AI.
Amazon recorded a turnover of $ 187.8 billion in the fourth quarter, and a profit per share of $ 1.86well beyond expectations ($ 1.50). AWSits cloud activity, however displays $ 28.79 billion. Amazon relies on a Increase in AI investments, that CEO Andy Jassy describes asunique opportunity for long -term growth.
GSAI: Elon Musk imposes generative AI at the heart of the federal administration
Elon Musk, via his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)accelerates the development of Gsaia generative AI chatbot intended for General Services Administration (GSA). The objective: automate the analysis of public procurement and optimize the IT Contracts and Infrastructure Management of the federal administration.
The agency had initially initiated discussions with Google Around its Gemini model, before opting for an internal developed solution. This strategic choice aims to ensure Complete control of infrastructure and accelerated integration.
Unions, elected democrats and civil organizations denounce a questioning of traditional bureaucratic processqualifying these changes as ” chaotic transformation ». Some lawyers evoke a possible unconstitutionality of certain decisions.
Apple, collateral victim of the economic showdown between Washington and Beijing
The rise in trade tensions between the United States and China Place Apple in a delicate position. The company is directly exposed to A 10 % tax project on Chinese imports and a Antitrust survey in China targeting the App Store.
Google is testing a new “AI mode” to enrich the search
Google experiences a “AI mode” in its search engine, designed to respond to Open questionsby generating detailed summaries in the manner of Ai Overviews. Propelled byGemini 2.0 this feature is currently being tested internally by employees in the United States.
L’ Ai Mode replaces traditional Ten blue links by oneconversational interface allowing more complex queries, such as product comparisons or practical recommendations. It also incorporates a question monitoring option and a mobile voice search.
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- Endometriosis, Lyv Healthcare raises 2.6 million euros to impose e-health in the management of chronic female diseases
- Crown lifts 2 million euros to automate purchasing management processes
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🥐 previous edition of the Good Morning Frenchweb:
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- Diversity: Google, Meta and Amazon backtrack / Datenture acquires The Ramp / Tesla maneuver behind the scenes in Geneva
- Military ia: Google renounces its principles / Deel on the way to an IPO? / Bouygues accelerates with AWS
- The Elon Musk effect is in full swing / shein targeted by a CE / Outbrain investigation, now call me a tank!
- France inaugurates INESIA, its IA / DOGE security center, the silent intrusion of Musk / Openai engineers launches Deep Research
- But where did the report of the AI commission go? / AI2 defies Deepseek and Openai with tulu 3 405b / Mistral AI accelerates the cadence
🚀To read on Frenchweb.fr:
Emblem closes a fund of 80 million euros to finance the startups in Pre Seed and Seed.
- Towards an IPO? Deel strengthens its governance and reaches $ 800 million in Run Rate.
- Google Cloud: Artificial intelligence is not enough to dethrone AWS and Microsoft Azure
- AI for military use: Google renounces its principles
- Wandercraft initiates a clinical trial for its self-balanced personal exoskeleton
- Outbrain, now call me waters!
