France to use AI to test government cybersecurity after hacker attack

French Budget Minister David Amiel said ‌on Tuesday his government will hire "sovereign" artificial intelligence providers, such as Mistral, Report informs referring to Reuters.

"This excludes OpenAI," he said.

Amiel had ⁠said earlier on Tuesday that the government would use AI tools to identify its services' vulnerabilities to cyberattacks after the government disclosed Thursday the tax agency was victim of a ‌cyberattack.

The ⁠data of about 700,000 taxpayers were stolen in the cyberattack, the French Finance Ministry said.

The ⁠chief of the French tax agency, Amelie Verdier, said her services ⁠detected another data breach on Monday. That attack ⁠is still being evaluated, she added.