President Emmanuel Macron, on a visit to Serbia, said Friday that Europe needs to invest in its own artificial intelligence model to catch up with China and the United States.
Speaking at a forum in the city of Novi Sad, the French leader noted that "we Europeans are a bit behind."
"The Chinese and the Americans invest a lot more," Macron added during the trip that included France and Serbia inking a deal for 12 Rafale warplanes—in a shift away from Russian weapons for the Balkan nation.
The French president encouraged Europe to "catch up, innovate, invest much more" to be on par with Washington and Beijing, adding that AI "should serve collective goals".
Europe should develop a part-public, part-private innovation model, Macron said.
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