A plenary session of the AI summit was held this Tuesday, bringing together the heads of state and government. Among them, a brand guest, the Indian Prime Minister. Paris is counting on a partnership with New Delhi to deal with competition from Chinese and American technological giants.
The summit for action on artificial intelligence continued this Tuesday in Paris with a brand guest, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This visit as “co-president“From the summit, under the terms of Emmanuel Macron, testifies to the sustainability of relations between the two countries, and their positive evolution in a world in full change.
Indian economy is one of the most dynamic in the world. In 2025, she will occupy fifth place in the classification of world GDP. The latter being estimated at $ 3,550 billion.
In his speech, Prime Minister Modi called for investing in the training and reclassification of people for a future based on artificial intelligence (AI). He also said that governance was to guarantee its access to everyone, especially in the countries of the South.
“”To do this, we must mobilize our resources and talents and India has one of the greatest food of talent in AI in the world“He said.
The AI AI’s summit takes on its importance following the tsunami caused by the Chinese company Deepseek. The Indian Minister of Information Technologies, Ashwini Vahnaw, since then said that India has planned to develop a national AI model.
Among the announcements of the day, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, said that foreign and national companies will invest a total of more than 100 billion euros in artificial intelligence projects in France, thus marking a desire to position the country as a competitive pole for the development of AI.
The president of the European Commission also announced also an investment plan of 200 billion euros in the AI, public and private money.
France has also confirmed that India would host the next AI summit after Prime Minister Modi expressed his interest. India has also assured France of its full support for its AI initiatives.
“”India will be happy to welcome the next summit“On artificial intelligence,” said Narendra Modi.
Strategic cooperation
Since the end of the 1990s, strategic links between France and India have traditionally focused on areas such as defense, security or space as well as collaboration in the field of civil nuclear energy.
The main projects in progress in the defense field include the purchase of around twenty aircraft Gustbut also three new conventional class submarines Scorpeneby the Indian Navy. A fairly unprecedented technology transfer in this sector.
Bilateral relations also extend to sectors of technology, innovation, renewable energies, trade, economy, etc.
Continuation of the program in France for the Indian Prime Minister
Wednesday, Narendra Modi will go to Mazargues military cemeterymaintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in Marseilleto pay tribute to the sacrifices made by the 90,000 Indian soldiers sent to France during the First World War, India then being part of the British Empire.
About 10,000 lost their lives there.
They will then inaugurate a new Indian consulate in the Marseille city.
Prime Minister Modi and Emmanuel Macron will also visit the Center for Nuclear Studies Corrisementwhere is the Experimental thermonuclear reactor international (Iter), a high -tech project.
India, which actively participates in the merger technology project, has very important energy needs to achieve its development objectives.