Donald Trump’s AI ambition and China’s DeepSeek overshadow an AI summit in Paris

The geopolitics of artificial intelligence will be in focus at a major summit in France where world leaders, executives and experts will hammer out pledges on guiding the development of the rapidly advancing technology. It’s the latest in a series of global dialogues around AI governance, but one that comes at a fresh inflection point as China‘s buzzy and budget-friendly DeepSeek chatbot shakes up the industry.

US Vice President JD Vance – making his first trip abroad since taking office – will attend the Paris AI Action Summit starting Feb. 10,…