How the world stopped worrying and learned to love AI

Macron, meanwhile, used the summit to announce the investment of €109 billion in AI in the coming years.

The French president also emphasized the need for the EU to become a leader in AI applications at a hot-ticket dinner he hosted on Monday night, surrounded by Vance, OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman and senior officials from around the world, including China.

Dinner guests made few references to safety issues, except for Meredith Whittaker, an AI ethics campaigner who heads…