EU takes a page from Ireland's AI playbook - at Dublin AI summit
The European Union is looking to Ireland's model of data center expansion to accelerate its own AI development. Despite concerns over governance, the bloc aims to increase its global AI competitiveness by investing in infrastructure and industrial integration.
Why it matters
The EU's struggle to compete with the US and China in AI infrastructure highlights the tension between strict regulation and the need for technological sovereignty.
THE EUROPEAN UNION wants to catch up in the AI race by taking a cue from Ireland, an early adopter of the technology, which has rolled out the red carpet for data centres despite local backlashes.
Ireland showcased the role it aims to play in the technological revolution as it hosted an international AI summit in the RDS in Dublin.
While the European Union is pushing for strong governance to limit the risks of AI becoming too powerful to control, the bloc also believes it must invest and exploit its potential to avoid falling further behind the United States and China.
“We need to make AI real for our competitiveness and for our industries,” EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen told the conference, attended by leading AI minds and executives including Google DeepMind chair Demis Hassabis and Microsoft president Brad Smith.
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