PARIS, June 16 (Xinhua) -- France will allocate an additional 655 million euros (754 million U.S. dollars) to the development of artificial intelligence under its France 2030 investment program, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu announced on Tuesday.

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu. (File photo: AFP)

The funding will support AI infrastructure, computing capacity, research, businesses and industrial sectors, as France seeks to strengthen its position in the rapidly evolving technology field.

France plans to equip all public servants with a "common sovereign conversational assistant" designed to protect state data, Lecornu said on social media platform X.

The tool, named "Assistant IA", will enable users to perform tasks such as conversations, document transcription, document analysis and content generation, according to available information.

France will also launch a new public platform dedicated to artificial intelligence to facilitate access to demographic, economic, geographic and administrative data for researchers, local authorities, entrepreneurs and government agencies.

In the healthcare sector, a "public health assistant" will be deployed on Ameli, France's national health insurance platform, by the end of the year. The AI-powered service is expected to provide users with initial guidance, support them throughout their care pathway and help them obtain relevant information more quickly.