The EU invests € 1.3 billion to develop artificial intelligence and ‘to develop digital competences.
The EU is pouring € 1.3 billion ($ 1.4 billion) for the next two years to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence technologies. Finance, training and virtual patient assessments such as the development and test of “immersive environments” to be applied to health services.
Investment will also support the implementation of the AI Law, which enables all AI systems developed and used in the EU in such a safe and responsible manner. It will also help create energy -saving digital general digital infrastructure, including electric vehicle charging ports. Most of the productive AI models that strengthen these initiatives will be created by special research centers using EU’s AI factories, powerful super computers.
Henna Virkunen, Vice President of Technology Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, begins to secure European technology sovereignty, invest in advanced technologies and make it possible to improve people’s digital competences, “he said. Press release.
Double the artificial intelligence to secure EU leaders digital future
Finance will also be allocated to the following:
- Supporting European digital innovation centers that provide training and resources to companies in technologies such as AI.
- To create the target world digital model that simulates environmental changes to support policy and sustainability efforts.
- Improvement of cyber safety of critical infrastructure such as hospitals and submarine cables.
- Creating and introducing EU digital wallet architecture that will allow citizens to store official documents such as passports and drivers in a smartphone application.
- EU Educational and Training Institutes to provide digital skills and support recruitment for these courses.
- Developing other safe, co -operating digital public services.
Finance comes from Digital, a program of € 8.1 billion, which focuses on digitization for businesses and individuals in the region. Businesses and other EU organizations will be invited to apply for digital financing or programs from next month.
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Europe desperately wants to shake the reputation of being technologically behind
Europe has developed an unfortunate reputation because it was behind other global super powers when it comes to technology. According to the 2024 report Former European Central Bank President and economist Mario Draghi, Europe’s lack of innovation led the US to leave the EU’s GDP in 2023 behind $ 9 trillion. He said that Europe’s top three R & I investors can “turn innovation into commercialization”.
A Google Report published in October 2024 spent only 2% of Europe’s GDP on technology research; In contrast, the US spends 3%and South Korea and Israel spend over 5%. The region, in 2022, was delayed in AI innovation, which offers only 2% of global Patents, while the US, the two largest manufacturers of China and the United States, applied 61% and 21%, respectively according to Stanford University’s 2024 AI index.
“Existing gaps show that the EU should increase the efforts to stay behind the next AI wave and increase its competitive efforts, Google researchers wrote. In addition to other suggestions, the report suggested that Europe has invested in AI research to make it more accessible.
