France laid out plans to advance local AI — from new AI factories and national compute capacity to open frontier models and industrial platforms. Now, that AI infrastructure is coming online. AI agents are running in production, startups are deploying applications and the French AI ecosystem is developing models, datasets and platforms designed around local languages, cultural context and European requirements.

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced on Tuesday a further investment of €655 million to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence as well as an AI…

When the US suspended access to Anthropic's latest AI models last week, it reminded Europe that rules can change overnight. At VivaTech in Paris, France and Germany said the…