France is now:
* one of the leading geographies for AI development
* making the most reliable commercial airplanes in the world
* gearing up for war
Are we going to have to update our stereotypes/jokes now? What’s next? No cheese and wine? 40 hour work weeks?
France is now: * one of the leading geographies for AI development * making the most reliable commercial airplanes in the world * gearing up for war Are we going to have to update our stereotypes/jokes now? What’s next? No cheese and wine? 40 hour work weeks?
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