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Priority Research Programme and Equipment (PEPR) on Artificial Intelligence


Added by:   National contact point
Added on:   29 Sep 2025
Updated by:   OECD analyst
Updated on:   25 Dec 2025

As part of the national strategy for AI, it aims to develop breakthrough technologies that can help position France and Europe as leaders in strategic AI fields.

Name in original language

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Initiative overview

The programme is structured around three major research topics, that correspond to the key issues surrounding AI and sovereignty:
• Research on frugal AI and embedded AI - rationalise energy consumption of AI systems based on machine learning.
• Research on trustworthy and distributed AI -advance the state of the art in terms of robustness, confidentiality, and system security.
• Research on the mathematical foundations of AI to build and analyse the foundations of AI systems. 

Name of responsible organisation (in English)

Ministry of Higher Education and Research; ANR

About the policy initiative


Organisation:

  • Ministry of Higher Education and Research; ANR

Category:

  • AI policy initiatives, programmes and projects

Initiative type:

  • AI Research Centres/Centres of Excellence/Expertise, specialised AI teams, labs

Status:

  • Active

Start Year:

  • 2024

Binding:

  • Non-binding

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