Executive summary Part 1 — of public sector information must Building a Data-Focused provide an opportunity to speed up the opening of public data and outline Economic Policy the terms and conditions for access to personal data on public interest grounds. The current reform of EU In this area AI heavyweights, such as copyright rules should at last China and the US, and emerging AI authorize text and data mining and powers, such as the UK Canada and enable our public research to be more Israel, are developing extremely competitive. different approaches. Thus, France This data policy must be designed and Europe will not necessarily take with the aim of safeguarding their place on the world AI stage by sovereignty: it is vital for France and creating a “European Google”, Europe to maintain a firm stance on instead they must design their own data transfer outside the European tailored model. Union. The AI strategy must also European Data Ecosystem capitalize on the high protection A whole range of uses and standards enshrined in the incoming applications rely on the availability of European General Data Protection data, so this is usually the starting Regulation (GDPR). Recent laws on 2 point for any AI-based strategy. Yet individuals’ rights to data portability data currently mostly benefit just a could therefore be part of a broader handful of very large operators, so citizen-based rationale, to enable the greater data access and circulation State and local authorities to recover will be required to restore a more data with the aim of developing AI- even balance of power by extending based uses for public policy purposes. these benefits to government Raising Visibility for AI Players authorities, as well as smaller France has all the required assets to economic actors and public research. take its rightful place on the For this to happen, the public international arena, yet our authorities must introduce new ways companies and academic networks of producing, sharing and governing suffer from a lack of visibility both in data by making data a common Europe and overseas. Large 1 good . This should involve companies sometimes opt to rely on encouraging economic players to dominant world actors in the sector, share and pool their data, with the rather than entrusting their data to our State acting as a trusted third party. In home-grown talent, either because some circumstances, public they are not aware of this wealth of authorities could impose openness on skills within the country or because certain data of public interest. they prefer to adopt a very cautious Meanwhile in Europe, a number of approach. Our mission therefore reforms currently underway must suggests bringing together French AI provide for greater access and wider actors under a unique and strong circulation of data. The forthcoming banner, which would include revision to the directive on the re-use certifications and “innovation in the 1. Common goods refer to resources where 2. Users’ ability to receive their personal use and governance are defined by a data for their own use or to transmit to community. another data controller. 2