This other tidbit from the article was funny as well: €109 billion investment plan for AI projects in France in the coming years.
How can a journalist write this verbatim when the likelihood of this happening is next to nil. France had a massive budget deficit last year, it had to pass a law to increases taxes (yet again) and is basically broke.
So where is this magic money going to come from? That is the question and theses announcements are never followed by any real investigation from the journalists that are parroting them.
It's vaporware at it's finest.