April issue editorial by James Mawson, editor-in-chief
At the end of last month, Emmanuel Macron, president of France, gave a speech laying out a new national strategy for artificial intelligence (AI) in his country, and followed up with an interview with Wired technology magazine. Every few days there seems to be a similar type of announcement, in this case that the French government will spend €1.5bn ($1.85bn) over five years to support research in the field, encourage startups and collect data that can be used, and shared,…
