Macron Lays Out Artificial-Intelligence Push Against China, U.S.

Europe seen to be falling behind in future technologies President Emmanuel Macron is rolling out France's strategy to close an artificial-intelligence gap with the U.S. and China, saying it'll require Europeans to get more comfortable with sharing data. After a buildup that includes naming one of the world's top mathematicians as his point man, Macron is expected to propose higher government funding for research and updated rules on data use in his speech Thursday at a former 13th-century Cistercian college in Paris. He also plans to tout incentives for scientists and companies to move to France. "With the digital revolution, we must be at the side of French industrial companies in the disruptive dynamic of innovation," Macron told French business executives this week. European powers risk falling behind in the global competition for future technologies as Google, Apple, Facebook and China's AI companies plow ahead.