Frequently asked questions
What is AI for All Week ?
Who can participate in AI for All Week events ?
Why is democratizing the understanding of AI an urgent issue in France ?
How to find an AI for All Week event near you ?
From May 18 to 24, 2026, the first edition of AI for All Week will take place, an unprecedented national event aiming to make artificial intelligence tangible, understandable, and accessible to all French citizens.
Seven days, 1,500 events, and a stated goal of reaching 50,000 people across the country – this is no small initiative. It comes at a time when the gap between the discourse surrounding AI and the reality experienced by French people remains wide.
The figures speak for themselves: according to the 2025 Digital Barometer and the 2025 Pix Observatory of Digital Skills, 56% of French people do not trust artificial intelligence, and 76% have never received any training on the subject, despite feeling the need for it.
At the same time, 31.5% of adults are still considered digitally excluded in the broader sense. These figures paint a picture of a two-speed country: on one side, 18-24 year olds, 77% of whom report using AI daily; on the other, a silent majority watching this technological revolution unfold without access or the keys to understand it.
It is precisely this imbalance that AI for All Week aims to correct, not from the top down with institutional discourse, but from the ground up, thanks to a network of digital mediation professionals who understand their audiences.
The initiative is led by three complementary organizations: La Mednum, the national cooperative of digital mediation stakeholders, Make.org Foundation, and Mission Café IA. It benefits from the support of Anne Le Hénanff, Minister Delegate for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Affairs, which gives it strong institutional backing while remaining resolutely focused on the general public.
More than 800 partners from the social and solidarity economy, associations, local authorities, businesses, and public bodies like France Travail have mobilized to co-organize the events.
The result is a decentralized program, rooted in local realities, with varied formats: practical workshops, debates, AI cafés, live demonstrations, and conferences accessible without technical prerequisites.
AI for All Week is based on a simple conviction: talking about artificial intelligence is pointless if it's not done in understandable language, and even more so if it's done from Paris while ignoring the realities faced by people in rural areas, working-class neighborhoods, or small towns.
That's why almost all of the 350 events already listed at the time of launch were in-person and open to the public without complex registration.
Another notable unique aspect is that this is not a commercial event: there's no product promotion, no sponsors pushing their tools. The ambition is clearly for the public good, focused on developing critical thinking, understanding the ethical and environmental challenges of AI, and encouraging informed use of these technologies.
What these events concretely offer is to demystify concepts that seem abstract to many. What is a language model? How does a conversational assistant work? What data is fed into these tools? What are their real limitations, potential biases, and environmental impacts? These are legitimate questions, to which digital mediation professionals provide concrete answers tailored to uninitiated audiences.
The European Metropolis of Lille, for example, offered workshops specifically designed to identify concrete AI applications in daily life, with live demonstrations and discussion sessions. This pedagogical, reassuring, and interactive format perfectly illustrates the spirit of the week.
Beyond raising awareness about AI lies something deeper: the ability of citizens to participate in collective decisions that will shape the digital future.
If a portion of the population doesn't understand what AI is, they cannot participate meaningfully in public debates or defend their rights against algorithms that already influence access to employment, credit, or public services.
Digital inclusion is therefore not just a matter of technical skills, but a democratic issue.
The French government has set a goal of raising AI awareness among 2 million French citizens by 2027. The AI for All Week is presented as one of the main levers to achieve this, relying on the field expertise of mediation professionals rather than top-down communication campaigns.
