US vice president JD Vance will attend AI summit in Paris, says French diplomatic source

US vice president JD Vance will attend the artificial intelligence (AI) Action Summit in Paris next week, said a French diplomatic source. Last month, US President Donald Trump unveiled a $500 billion AI project called Stargate. Investment in Europe has been more modest, with the continent’s tech startups struggling to adopt the new technology at the same rate as US rivals.

Meanwhile, a Chinese AI model DeepSeek’s emergence has shaken up the tech sector, offering companies access to the technology at a fraction of the cost and providing the potential…