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National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence – 2nd Phase: Conquering talents and transforming our scientific potential into economic successes

STRATÉGIE NATIONALE POUR L’INTELLIGENCE ARTIFICIELLE – 2e phase Conquérir les talents et transformer notre potentiel scientifique en succès économiques

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This press dossier outlines the second phase of France's National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence (2021-2025), backed by 2.22 billion euros in public and private funding. It focuses on massively increasing AI training and skills, establishing leadership in embedded, frugal, and trustworthy AI, and accelerating the adoption of AI systems across the economy and public sector. The strategy builds on the successes of its 2018-2022 predecessor by strengthening research capabilities, supercomputing access, and startup growth.

Summary and content fields are drawn from the document text and are pending editorial review.

Who issued it

Gouvernement de la République françaiseGovernment (executive) · FR

Lead issuer

Legal forceSoft law

Under whose authorityState law

Judged fromfull text

Who it governs

National governmentPublic sector bodiesCompaniesAI developers and providersAI deployers and usersResearchers and academics

This document is for researchers, businesses, public authorities, and students interested in France's national funding priorities and policies for artificial intelligence development.

Sectors

Cross-sectorResearch and science · Artificial intelligence research and supercomputing

What the document contains

What's covered

The document covers the strategic objectives, financial allocations, and governance mechanisms for France's second phase of AI policy, focusing on talent development, embedded and trustworthy AI research, and economic diffusion.

What's missing

The document does not contain binding regulatory text, specific statutory legislation, or detailed operational compliance manuals for individual companies.

Key takeaways

France is committing 2.22 billion euros over five years (2021-2025) for the second phase of its National Strategy for AI.
More than 50% of the total budget is dedicated to a massive training and education plan to overcome the shortage of AI skills.
The strategy prioritizes positioning France as a global leader in embedded AI, frugal AI, and trustworthy AI.
Public investment aims to support startups, accelerate R&D transfer, and help 400 to 500 SMEs and intermediate-sized enterprises adopt AI solutions.
The plan builds on the achievements of the 2018-2022 strategy, which included setting up interdisciplinary AI institutes and expanding supercomputing capacity like the Jean Zay computer.

Principles it states

IA de confiance (Trustworthy AI)IA frugale (Frugal AI)

Outline

· Éditorial
· Introduction
· Stratégie nationale pour l’IA : la France aux avant-postes européens
· Capitaliser et accélérer dans les 5 prochaines années
· Gouvernance

Issued8 November 2021

Length9,312 words

FormatNot recorded

Scopenational

How it scores

Pending review

Each score is backed by a quote verified against the document text. Editorial review has not yet confirmed them.

Accountability

2/5

Clear responsibility for AI outcomes

les personnes qui utiliseront professionnellement les systèmes d’IA, qui seront chargées de leur maintenance ou encore responsables des conséquences de leur usage

Compétences et talents : un plan massif de formation à l’IA

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Fairness

2/5

Non-discrimination and equitable treatment

et notamment les principes d'alignement du fonctionnement avec les fonctions d'objectifs, de généralisation, de robustesse, d'explicabilité ou interprétabilité, de limitation des biais

Un nouveau programme de recherche pour lever certains verrous scientifiques de l’IA

screening score · 2026-10-23

Human Dignity

0/5

Respect for the inherent worth of persons

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Human Oversight

2/5

Humans remain in control of consequential decisions

pour assurer un bon niveau de contrôle et de fiabilité des IA

Occuper une place de premier rang pour l’IA de confiance

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Privacy

3/5

Protection of personal data and private life

Les technologies de protection des données sensibles, au premier rang desquelles les données relatives à la vie privée, sont enfin un domaine de recherche et un marché en pleine expansion.

L’IA, paradigme technologique toujours en plein essor

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Enforcement

1/5

Consequences and compliance mechanisms with real force

A sa façon, il aura un impact au moins aussi fort que le RGPD.

Occuper une place de premier rang pour l’IA de confiance

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Impact Assessment

3/5

Required assessment of an AI system's risks/impacts before or during use

technologies qui permettront demain d’évaluer, d’auditer et de certifier les algorithmes afin que ceux-ci ne constituent plus des boîtes noires.

Éditorial

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Topics

Physical AI Governancecore

artificial_intelligence national_strategy ai_talent trustworthy_ai embedded_ai