France to launch agency to develop military AI in July. Minister of the Armed Forces promises 300 million euros for the Ministerial Agency for Defense Artificial Intelligence.

By the end of 2026, the agency should hire 300 civil and military engineers, researchers, doctoral students. A “classified super calculator” will be installed at Mont-Valérien, in Suresnes (Hauts-de-Seine), says the minister of the armed forces Sébastien Lecornu.