World leaders gathered on Tuesday for the second day and plenary session of the Paris summit on artificial intelligence, as U.S. willingness to sign onto a statement championing sustainable AI remained in question.

Audience members attend the opening ceremony of an Artificial Intelligence Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

All eyes were on French President Emmanuel Macron Sunday at the end of the first day of the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris after he

For a man who’s spent his career battling to make France more pro-business, Europe’s prospects on artificial intelligence are worrying: an oversight that could cost the bloc dearly.

France will announce private sector investments totalling some 109 billion euros ($112.5 billion) in its artificial intelligence sector during the Paris AI summit which opens on Monday, President Emmanuel Macron said.

Vice President JD Vance has joined world leaders in France this week at a high-stakes AI summit for his first foreign trip. Vance, is expected to push back on European efforts to tighten AI

U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrived in Paris on Monday 10, to attend an AI summit. World leaders and technology executives are convening in the French capital to discuss how to safely embrace artificial intelligence at a time of mounting resistance to red tape that businesses say stifles innovation.