France must invest 5 billion euros per year over five years if it wants to be on par with the United States and China. “It is a realistic financial effort, this sum representing 0.3% of public expenditure”, argued the economist Philippe Aghion, co-president of the “Generative Artificial Intelligence Committee” “We have a chance to take a place in this race because the U.S.
only has 1 to 2 years of hindsight on these technologies,” says an Elysian advisor. The report estimates that it could double thanks to AI in the coming years.