We are mentioned in 'Le Temps'

In his columns, journalist Anouch Seydtaghia interviews our president Alexandre Zapolsky and revisits the debates surrounding open‑AI initiatives in Europe, drawing a parallel between Apertus and LUCIE – the AI we launched earlier this year together with the CNRS and with the support of France 2030.

As he reminds us, LUCIE has often been perceived as a direct alternative to ChatGPT. Yet its purpose was entirely different: an experimental platform designed to collect alignment data and feed research, serving a more transparent and sovereign European AI ecosystem.

The article highlights a crucial point: beyond first impressions, these initiatives lay the groundwork for strategic technological building blocks, indispensable for establishing European digital autonomy in the face of American giants. Their ambition is to chart a sustainable trajectory, founded on openness and transparency.

This is the vision we embody with LUCIE: a European AI conceived as a common good and oriented toward the general interest.

The full article can be found here.