France just made a bold move: €109bn into AI. For context, the EU announced €56m last week—less than a rounding error in this race. The US and China are surging ahead. France is at least trying to stay in the game. The UK, Germany, and the rest of Europe? Still asleep at the
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France’s 100 Billion AI Infrastructure Investment Strategy
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They got brilliant people there, no doubt @huggingface
, Mistral etc. And Macron has always understood ‘tech’ better than most EU leaders. He gets that France needs to have a pie of the AI pie. He also announced a 100b investment into AI infrastructure. That’s historic for -
France versus Germany: Tech Regulation and Economic Competitiveness
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now, if France can look and tax and labour laws to could become a very attractive proposition. Germany got the worst deal : anti tech, excessive regulation, strict labour labour laws, plus from leader in nuclear to burning fossil fuels.
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France’s Nuclear Advantage: Can It Lead AI Infrastructure?
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Macron touting France’s nuclear energy as a reason why it should be a leader in AI infrastructure.
— Nina Schick (@NinaDSchick) 10 février 2025
If France goes hard for AI, and as a place to incubate the next wave of AI companies – the question is can sort its labour laws and tax regime?
Guess the question is – is France… https://t.co/3y2MJUiYR7Macron touting France’s nuclear energy as a reason why it should be a leader in AI infrastructure. If France goes hard for AI, and as a place to incubate the next wave of AI companies – the question is can sort its labour laws and tax regime? Guess the question is – is France
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France announces $100bn AI investment to strengthen European tech
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Macron announces $100bn + in AI investment.
— Nina Schick (@NinaDSchick) 10 février 2025
France finally wakes up! Perhaps a silver lining to prevent the curious death of Europe?
Some of the best European AI talent is France, it also still has nuclear power (critically.)
Fascinating to note that this is *not* being… pic.twitter.com/ZmbfCDM49KMacron announces $100bn + in AI investment. France finally wakes up! Perhaps a silver lining to prevent the curious death of Europe? Some of the best European AI talent is France, it also still has nuclear power (critically.) Fascinating to note that this is *not* being
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Yahoo airs Bill Murray Super Bowl bumper ad campaign
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Didn’t expect to see Yahoo air a #SuperBowl bumper ad starring Bill Murray!
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OpenAI’s First Super Bowl Ad Features ChatGPT Prominently
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OpenAI's ad for ChatGPT — it’s first ever Super Bowl ad — just ran in the 2nd quarter shortly before halftime. Interesting that it didn't mention OpenAI or ChatGPT until the very last second of the ad. Until then it was mostly animated visuals and a few audio prompt examples.
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One-Model-Everything Hype Harms Small Businesses
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Ask him about how the hype created by companies claiming to create one-model-for-everything harms small businesses while making false claims (see this paper: https://
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Understanding the Moment: AGI Systems Coming Into View
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“Systems that start to point to AGI* are coming into view, and so we think it’s important to understand the moment we are in.”
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Balancing High-Tech and Low-Tech: Boyd’s Technology Strategy
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John Boyd: "You don't want to trash low tech. You're going to have to get a mixture of it and you're going to have to understand that mix. Because if you go for high tech and only high tech, you're not going to have much. I'll tell you that right now."