As part of the drive initiated by the International Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit which took place on 10 and 11 February 2025 in Paris, 14 French universities and higher education institutions1, including Université Paris-Saclay through its AI research institute, DATAIA, are partnering with Mistral AI and EdTech France to launch an ambitious new initiative.
The collaboration will make use of Mistral AI technologies and current French EdTech start-up solutions. It will deploy reliable and innovative solutions to improve student learning experience and facilitate work for teaching and administrative staff.
The alliance is part of the mission for Artificial Intelligence launched in December 2024 by the French Ministry for Higher Education, Research and Innovation, entrusted to Frédéric Pascal, Head of the DATAIA Institute, and François Taddei, President of the Learning Planet Institute.
Generative artificial intelligence tools available to the general public are drastically changing teaching, learning and assessment methods in higher education. Faced with these transformations, it is essential that we adapt pedagogical approaches, the roles of teachers and even the very nature of learning.
To meet these challenges, the mission is focused on six main objectives:
- Assess the impact of generative AI on teaching and learning methods;
- Provide a framework adapted to the variety of disciplines taught;
- Identify training needs to support skills growth for higher education stakeholders;
- Develop new methods for assessing and recognising skills which are adapted to the realities of the digital AI age;
- Establish an ethical and regulatory framework to guarantee that AI is used responsibly and sovereignly within institutions;
- Propose innovative lines of research on AI uses, involving academics, students and other key players from higher education and research in France, Europe and around the world.
Thanks to this ambitious initiative, Paris-Saclay University – through its DATAIA Institute, demonstrates the central role it has to play in understanding the impacts of cutting-edge technology on education and research. The university is committed to promoting ethical and sovereign AI, with potential for international collaboration.
1 : The 13 other institutions in the alliance are: Rennes University, Haute Alsace University, Nîmes University, Paris-Est Créteil University, Bordeaux Montaigne University, Montpellier University, National Conservatory of Arts et Métiers, École des Mines de Paris, Toulouse Jean Jaurès University, Sorbonne University, Picardie Jules Verne University, Tours University and Lorraine University.
