France’s AI Action Summit may not kick off for a few more days, but 30 kilometres south of Paris on the campus of École Polytechnique, festivities are already underway.
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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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