France's president Emmanuel Macron attends a meeting with President and Chief Strategy Officer of Samsung Electronics Young Sohn, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Wednesday, March 28, 2018. Francois Mori/Pool via Reuters
PARIS: South Korean electronics giant Samsung will make France its third global research and development hub in artificial intelligence after Korea and the United States and hire about one hundred experts in Paris, the French president's office said on March 28.
The announcement, made after a meeting between Emmanuel Macron and Samsung's strategy chief Young Sohn in Paris, comes as the French president prepares to unveil a major plan to boost the country's capacities in AI on March 29.
