French President Emmanuel Macron told a global artificial intelligence (AI) summit in India yesterday he was determined to ensure safe oversight of the fast-evolving technology.
The EU has led the way for global regulation with its Artificial Intelligence Act, which was adopted in 2024 and is coming into force in phases.
“We are determined to continue to shape the rules of the game... with our allies such as India,” Macron said in New Delhi. “Europe is not blindly focused on regulation — Europe is a space for innovation and investment, but it is a safe space.”
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The AI Impact Summit is the fourth annual international gathering focused on the rapidly advancing field.
At last year’s summit in Paris, US Vice President J.D. Vance warned against “excessive regulation” that “could kill a transformative sector.”
Under EU laws, regulators can ban AI systems deemed to pose “unacceptable risks” to society, such as identifying people in real time using cameras in public spaces.
Macron, speaking at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, said France was “doubling the number of AI scientists and engineers trained,” with new startups in the sector creating “dozens of thousands” of jobs.
In his address at the summit, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said AI has to be open to all.
“AI has to be democratized so that humans don’t just become a data point for AI or remain a raw material for AI,” Modi said yesterday, speaking in Hindi.
“We must democratize AI. It must become a medium for inclusion and empowerment, particularly for the Global South,” he said.
Modi also highlighted recent launches of AI models by Indian companies, saying that “the AI model which succeeds in India can be deployed all over the world.”
“India believes that AI technology will only be beneficial when it is shared and its core systems are open; only then will our millions of young minds be able to make it better and safer,” he added. “We must resolve that AI is used for the global common good.”
Modi, breaking into English, added: “We are entering an era where humans and intelligence systems co-create, co-work and co-evolve.”
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