Inside France’s Effort to Shape the Global AI Conversation

One evening early last year, Anne Bouverot was putting the finishing touches on a report when she received an urgent phone call. It was one of French President Emmanuel Macron’s aides offering her the role as his special envoy on artificial intelligence. The unpaid position would entail leading the preparations for the France AI Action Summit—a gathering where heads of state, technology CEOs, and civil society representatives will seek to chart a course for AI’s future. Set to take place…