The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Line, announced that the European Union will invest an additional 50 billion euros ($ 51.6 billion) to support the aspirations of artificial intelligence in Europe, during her speech At the top of artificial intelligence organized in Paris.
The president stressed that these investments are added to the “IA Heroes” initiative, which is committed to providing 150 billion euros (155.2 billion dollars), in order to receive a total of 200 billion ‘euros ($ 207 billion) to support advanced technologies.
“Artificial Intelligence Heroes”
More than 60 European companies have launched the “IA Heroes” initiative during the same summit, in order to integrate it into the European industrial database to increase productivity and economic sovereignty. The target initiative of sectors such as manufacturing, energy and military industries.
This initiative participates in this initiative as large companies such as Airbus, Siemens and Volkswagen, as well as startups such as Mistral I and Data Ico.
Janet Tsu Force Force, Administrative Director of the Catalist General, explained that Europe has solid ingredients such as talents and industrial structure, and must invest these resources to achieve a balance between technology, politics and capital.
Calls to simplify legal frameworks
The initiative called on the European Union to simplify the legal frameworks of artificial intelligence applications. According to the German news agency, preliminary talks were launched on this issue at the summit, which brought together 1,500 participants from 100 countries, including political leaders such as the German Chancellor Olaf Schultz, president of the European Commission, and US vice-president JD pays.
A common European vision led by France
Before the start of the summit, French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed in an interview with the newspaper “Le Parisien” that France sought to be the leader in the field of artificial intelligence in Europe, expressing his hope of reaching land Agreement on regulatory technology for legislation technology.
Macron added that the summit seeks to improve international cooperation in artificial intelligence, after the success of the British summit in 2023 and South Korea in 2024.
The summit attended the participation of eminent technical companies such as Microsoft, Google and Open IA, which reflects world interest in the development of artificial intelligence. Europe also seeks to improve its technical independence thanks to these investments and these initiatives.
With these main stages, the European Union shows that its conception becomes a leading global force in artificial intelligence, while achieving a balance between technological development and legal organization.