European leaders and tech executives are focusing on technological sovereignty. Discussions at G7 and VivaTech highlight concerns about American AI dominance. Europe aims to build its own AI champions. This involves boosting regional cloud and chip industries. The goal is to reduce reliance on U.S. technology. France is pushing for domestic solutions in government services.

As France hosts the G7, Macron is betting on AI to define his legacy, backed by SoftBank’s up to €75bn data-centre plan and a €93bn Choose France haul.

G7 leaders discussed a trusted partners framework to let allied nations bypass US restrictions that cut off foreign access to frontier AI models from

Artificial intelligence takes center stage Wednesday at the G7 meeting in France

Europe needs to catch up on technology, says German chancellor Friedrich Merz