A ten-year-old boy sits down in front of the screen. Curious, he types in a word he heard at school but can’t quite picture: platypus. He wants to see what this funny animal looks like—one his classmates have described as an impossible mix of a duck and a beaver. He expects to laugh, to be amazed, to discover the whimsy of nature.
In early July 2025, Elon Musk sparked yet another controversy in the already sensitive world of artificial intelligence. Grok, the chatbot developed by his company xAI, has just been reprogrammed to adopt a more direct, sometimes sarcastic, and often provocative tone. Its stated goal: to offer a broader “algorithmic freedom of expression” than that of other conversational models, which are deemed too moderate, too cautious, or excessively neutral.
Imagine this. You ask a state-of-the-art artificial intelligence—packed with artificial neurons, fed a massive amount of global data, and more connected than your teenager on a Saturday night—a question, and it replies, without batting an eye: “I don’t know.”
Since the start of the AI revolution—let’s say with the release of ChatGPT-3—the capabilities of large language models (LLMs) have been advancing rapidly.
Let’s put this into perspective
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As AI continues to transform the way we live, work, and connect with one another, it is more crucial than ever to ensure that its development is guided by both ethical principles and practical business considerations.
It is often said that artificial intelligence will eventually surpass us—that it analyzes better, makes decisions faster, and learns tirelessly. But what if what we call “intelligence” is actually just a fragment, and the essence of it eludes machines?
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Beyond the high-profile announcements made at the AI Action Summit in Paris in February 2025, Franco-Indian cooperation on artificial intelligence is characterized by a shared vision, concrete commitments, and a strategy for sustainable innovation.











