Overview

• On June 24, the Palace of Versailles partnered with OpenAI and French start-up Ask Mona to embed conversational AI into its gardens.
• Visitors scan QR codes beside selected statues to converse in French, English or Spanish via their smartphones.
• Museum president Christophe Leribault said the palace is testing AI’s “tremendous capabilities” to significantly enrich the visitor experience.
• OpenAI’s head of European partnerships, Julie Lavet, and Ask Mona’s president, Marion Carré, framed the initiative as a way to use AI for curiosity and cultural immersion rather than productivity.
• The feature is now live for guests exploring Versailles’ grounds as part of a broader push to modernize engagement at the historic site.