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France is "back in the AI race", President Emmanuel Macron declared Monday evening at Paris's artificial intelligence summit. His comments came just days after the Élysée and the UAE announced their agreement to develop a vast AI campus and data centre in France. But experts warn that the race to dominate the sector with massive investments in AI infrastructure comes with a unique set of challenges.

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