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[text/observer network liu chenghui] french president macron said during his visit to serbia on august 30 that europe needs to increase investment in building its own artificial intelligence (ai) model to catch up with china and the united states.

according to afp, on the 30th, macron and serbian president vucic attended a forum on artificial intelligence in the northern serbian city of novi sad. serbia is about to serve as the chair of the global partnership on artificial intelligence (gpai), while france is preparing to host an artificial intelligence summit in february 2025.

on august 30, macron and vucic attended a forum event in novi sad.

“we europeans are a little behind,” macron said in his speech. “china and the united states are investing much more (in artificial intelligence).”

macron called on europe to "catch up, continue to innovate, invest more money, and catch up with china and the united states."

he added that artificial intelligence "should serve collective goals" and europe should take a new path combining public and private sectors. "europe is the birthplace of the renaissance, putting 'people' at the center of everything, and we should have a very unique, public-private hybrid innovation model."

he said the eu has implemented a unique ai regulatory framework to manage technological advances in ai, while investment remains a priority.

"the priority is investment. once (artificial intelligence technology) reaches a mature stage, we can turn regulation into a competitive advantage," macron said.

macron has repeatedly sounded the alarm for the development of new technologies in europe. on may 21, macron delivered a speech to people in the artificial intelligence industry at the elysee palace, asking the eu to increase investment in science and technology and not rely on the united states and china.

he described that france and europe are experiencing a "hyper-accelerated technological shock", especially in the fields of clean technology, artificial intelligence and quantum. if the eu does not adopt the right public investment strategy to respond, these technological factors will be transferred to other places, causing europe to rely on solutions implemented in china or the united states in the future.

he later lamented in an interview with cnbc, "it's crazy that the world's (technology) giants all come from china and the united states."

he said that europe needs more large technology companies and that the technology industry is one of the key factors in france's economic transformation. the european continent seeks to become the world's third largest technological power in the current landscape dominated by china and the united states. he firmly believes that france should become one of the leaders in this field.

according to the french newspaper les echos, macron announced in may this year that he plans to set up a fund to promote the financing of artificial intelligence start-ups. he also announced an investment of 400 million euros in nine artificial intelligence clusters, which will double the number of artificial intelligence talents trained in france to 100,000 people per year.

macron arrived in serbia on the 29th for a two-day state visit and returned to paris on the afternoon of the 30th. during the visit, serbia signed a contract to purchase 12 french rafale fighter jets, which was the first time serbia was equipped with western fighter jets.

macron praised this as serbia's "brave strategic shift". vucic stressed that the purchase of rafale is an "important" step for the serbian army to strengthen its armaments and improve its combat capabilities, and is also a good development direction for the relationship between serbia and france.

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