New EU AI Report Released

Last month, a coalition of economists, politicians and AI experts released a report entitled Transformative AI Strategy for Europe.

Europe's AI Dependency Risk

The concept of 'Transformational AI' is clearly gaining currency among policy elites as are the dangers it represents.

Vestager Warns of Foreign Control

Ex vice president of the European Commission, Margaret Vestager comments: 'We cannot allow Europe to become a playground for foreign powers'.

“We cannot allow Europe to become a playground for foreign powers”

Lagarde Highlights Leverage Risk

European Central Bank chair Christine Lagarde states: 'A withdrawal of access [to AI models], or a change in its terms, would reach every sector at once'.

“A withdrawal of access [to AI models], or a change in its terms, would reach every sector at once”

Report's Solutions Exacerbate Control

The solutions proposed by this assembly of experts would exacerbate, not mitigate, the control over European economy and society currently wielded by a handful of ultra-dominant, mainly US-headquartered, corporations.

Capitulation to Big Tech

Europe will fast-track Big Tech build out on European soil in exchange for 'guaranteed' preferential access to their frontier models.

Surrender Not an Option

Europe needs sovereign capacity and models to benefit from, rather than become subject to transformational AI.