AI: Strategic partnership signed in London between institutions at Saclay, Oxford and Cambridge

The Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris), HEC Paris and the University of Paris-Saclay (France), the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge (UK) agree to create a strategic partnership in the field of artificial intelligence, on 08/06/2025. They sign a letter of intent in London on the occasion of the state visit to the UK by Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic.

Called the "Entente CordIAle Paris-Saclay - Oxford - Cambridge AI Initiative", this partnership "aims to structure sustainable cooperation in AI research, education and innovation, in the service of major contemporary challenges", say the institutions.

The partnership covers five areas:
• Encouraging academic mobility between students, PhD students, researchers and teachers to enhance expertise and training.
• Organising joint scientific events (seminars, workshops, symposia) on the major scientific and ethical challenges of AI.
• Launching collaborative research projects: co-directing theses, interdisciplinary programmes, joint applications for funding.
• Involving industrial and innovation…