The EU on Wednesday told European businesses in critical sectors to ramp up their uptake of artificial intelligence and pushed for the bloc to cut its dependence on foreign AI providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although the European Union is falling behind the United States and China, Brussels believes the bloc can still compete in the global AI race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To achieve this, the European Commission said it was mobilising one billion euros ($1.6 billion) to push key sectors like pharmaceuticals, energy and defence, to promote \u201cEuropean AI-powered\u201d tools and develop specialised AI models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The majority of the one billion euros will come from the EU\u2019s Horizon research programme, the EU executive said, and will be used for projects including deploying autonomous cars and advanced cancer screening centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brussels is ploughing billions of euros into developing Europe\u2019s AI network including building AI gigafactories and tripling data centre capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Only 13 percent of European companies last year used AI, EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen said, although she said this figure had since increased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The European Commission wants 75 percent of businesses to use AI by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI want the future of AI to be made in Europe. Because when AI is used, we can find smarter, faster, and more affordable solutions,\u201d EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where possible, companies should \u201cfavour European solutions\u201d, Virkkunen told reporters in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, although she admitted this was not always possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In its strategy, Brussels warned \u201cexternal dependencies of the AI stack\u201d \u2014 the tools including infrastructure needed to build AI \u2014 \u201ccan be weaponised and thereby increasing risks to supply chains by state and non-state actors\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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