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The French finance minister suggests that calls to slow AI development are a ploy by U.S. AI labs to maintain dominance, urging France and Europe to accelerate instead.
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Andrew Curran (@AndrewCurran_): French finance minister Roland Lescure suggested today that calls to slow down development of AI are a ploy by U.S. AI labs so they can stay in first place, and that France and Europe should ignore them and accelerate instead.
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