India, Feb. 11 -- French President Emmanuel Macron has told artificial intelligence (AI) firms they "have to choose Europe and France" for developing AI, as he closed the first day of a summit on the technology.

The two-day AI Action Summit has been seen as a key moment for nations to make their pitch to be a global leader on the technology, after Chinese app DeepSeek's recent undermining of the sector created a potential power vacuum at the top of the industry.

The UK's Technology Secretary Peter Kyle is in Paris for the summit, and said he would be pointing to the UK's recently published AI Opportunities Action Plan, which set out plans to boost AI infrastructure in the UK, including billions of pounds of new investment, and more wide...