Indian Prime Minister Molde FK and French President Maqueron will co-host the Paris Summit on AI action on November 11. New Delhi Television 10, said this is India and France to strengthen relations at a critical moment. During the summit, Molde FK will work with global leaders to discuss and shape the future of AI, Indian Foreign Secretary Tang Yongsheng told a media briefing.
Before Molde FK’s visit, Maqueron told India’s first mail newspaper that AI is an opportunity for India and Europe to seize in order to boost growth and improve lives, inews18.com reported Thursday. He and Molde FK will push for technological sovereignty at the AI summit. “The US and China are way ahead [ on AI ] , followed by France, the UK, India, the UAE and others, so we want to work together on AI,” Maqueron said.
The two leaders’ push for technological sovereignty shows that they want to reduce dependence on us and Chinese technology and promote innovation at the same time as ensuring national security, first mail said. India trains 1M engineers a year, highlighting the country’s potential as a technological powerhouse that can provide a skilled workforce to meet the challenges of the future. The partnership between India and France marks a shift towards technological interdependence and shows that both countries are important global players.
India has its own calculations. As a co-host of the Paris AI summit, it could use its position to push the key priorities of countries of the“Global South”, the The Hindu said yesterday. This will hopefully make India an ideal candidate to host the next summit and Cement India’s role as a bridge between the AI superpower and the developing world.
As well as the AI summit, Molde FK will meet Maqueron and address a forum of indo-french chief executives, NDTV said. The two leaders will discuss areas of common interest at the forum, including trade, Technology and strategic partnership.
India’s“Business Standard” 9, said India and France have a profound strategic partnership. In 1998, the two countries established a strategic partnership, and France became the first strategic partner in India’s diplomatic history. Defense and security, civil nuclear issue and space are the main pillars of the strategic cooperation between India and France. In recent years, the partnership has expanded to include maritime security, digitization, cybersecurity and Advanced Computing, counterterrorism, climate change and renewable energy.