RFI English14 hours agoMacron announces €109 bn investments in AI as leaders, tech giants meet in ParisRFIParis plays host to the 2025 AI Action Summit, bringing together world leaders and technology experts to chart the course of global artificial intelligence development. France will see €109 billion invested in AI projects in the coming years, President Emmanuel Macron announced ahead of the two-day …
RFI English15 hours agoNew golden age for Marseille’s Bonne Mère thanks to €2.8m restorationRFIThe statue of the Virgin Mary that has kept watch over the French port city of Marseille and its seafarers for more than a century is getting a gold-leaf facelift. The Madonna, holding the baby Jesus in her arms, stands atop Notre Dame de la Garde ("Our Lady of the Watch"), the church that has sat …
RFI English1 day agoTesla sales plummet in France amid Musk’s support for European far-right partiesRFISales of Tesla cars slumped in five European countries in January, but the decline has been particularly sharp in France – with a drop of 63 percent. The electric vehicle (EV) market declined by 6 percent overall in January compared to the previous year, but Tesla has been particularly hard …
RFI English1 day agoMedical marijuana still not legal in France, despite successful experimentRFI - Sarah ElzasWhen France began its first large-scale experiment with medical marijuana, the expectation was that it could lead to legalisation. But three years on the experiment is ending with no clear path forward, leaving hundreds of patients who took part in the study in limbo. In 2021, Nadine Attal was on …
RFI English1 day agoFrance's Mistral AI teams up with UAE-backed developers as Le Chat app launchesRFIFrench AI start-up Mistral has partnered with Cerebras Systems, an artificial intelligence chip firm backed by UAE tech conglomerate G42, to power the launch of its new AI assistant Le Chat, which claims to be the world’s fastest, delivering 1,000 words per second. Mistral – a maker of open-source …
RFI English2 days agoEurope's far-right leaders salute Trump and downplay threat of US tariffsRFIEurope's far-right leaders, including France's Marine Le Pen, on Saturday hailed the agenda of the American president Donald Trump claiming it presented the continent with a turning point. Speaking in Madrid during an event organised by Spain’s Vox party under the banner "Make Europe Great Again”, …