French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that the Paris AI summit was “a wakeup call” for a European strategy to get competitive in a tech world now dominated by the U.S. and China. Macron touted newly-announced investments in France worth 109 billion euros over the next five years.

World leaders gathered on Tuesday for the second day and plenary session of the Paris summit on artificial intelligence, as U.S. willingness to sign onto a statement championing sustainable AI remained in question.

French President Emmanuel Macron insisted on Monday that the European Union must accelerate its efforts in artificial intelligence (AI) to avoid falling behind the leading powers, particularly the United States,