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France Deploys AI in 3 Billion-Euro Plan to Save Small Businesses

  • Government plans to create a ‘transition fund’ for SMEs
  • France to also change, simplify debt restructuring procedures
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The French government will use algorithms and artificial intelligence to identify small firms at risk of collapse in the wake of the Covid pandemic, and provide as much as 3 billion euros ($3.7 billion) to protect them.