{"id":1638,"date":"2025-02-11T04:41:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T09:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2025\/02\/11\/macron-pitches-lighter-regulation-to-fuel-a-i-boom-in-europe\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T04:41:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T09:41:30","slug":"macron-pitches-lighter-regulation-to-fuel-a-i-boom-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2025\/02\/11\/macron-pitches-lighter-regulation-to-fuel-a-i-boom-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Macron Pitches Lighter Regulation to Fuel A.I. Boom in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">An artificial intelligence race is heating up between the United States and China \u2014 but don\u2019t count Europe out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">That was the pitch that President Emmanuel Macron of France made on Monday as Paris hosted an A.I. summit, where government leaders, top tech executives and academic experts have gathered to discuss the hopes surrounding A.I., as well as the fears of economic and societal disruption that the rapidly evolving technology has fueled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe are back in the race,\u201d Mr. Macron said under the soaring steel and glass roof of the Grand Palais, the exhibition hall where France and India have teamed up to hold the summit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Macron said it was crucial to develop artificial intelligence that was \u201cat the service of humanity\u201d and regulated to guard from dangerous pitfalls. But he also urged Europe to cut red tape, foster more A.I. start-ups and invest in computing abilities. 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