During the summit on the artificial intelligence of Paris, the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen launched an investment plan dedicated to artificial intelligence with a value of 200 billion euros: “CERN will be created for the IA”
The timing of the announcement are at least interesting. Ursula von der leyen during the Summit on the artificial intelligence of Paris He launched the project I investedan investment plan that is sensational on paper. In short the idea is that of mobilize about 200 billion euros in investments for artificial intelligence. In a large part private and minimal public.
The words of Von der Leyen, president of the EU Commission, are quite clear: “We will furnish unprecedented capital through investing. This public-private partnership unique, similar to A CERN for the IA“. And again: “The most advanced large models will be developed to make theEurope a continent of the AI“. All this happens in the month in which the United States launched Stargate and from China, Deepseek appeared.
The details of the plan I invested
Net of the reference to the winning formula of CERN, for now the investment plan is all to be built. The European Union wants to create Four Research Poles Where to create workshops dedicated to artificial intelligence. The funds will serve to cover all the necessary materials, starting from “100,000 chips” dedicated to artificial intelligence that will come intended for the project.
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In the first press release relating to the project we do not speak of jobshowever, easy to imagine that with these numbers we are on the order of the thousands. Probably in the project they will find their place both researchers related to universities that developers with Experiences in the private sector.
The private partners of the project should instead be a Consortium of about 70 companies United under the name EU to the Champions Initiative Champions League. There is already a dedicated website, complete with logos united together. Inside there are Various brandsfrom those operating in digital markets such as Spotify in Lufthansa and Carrefour.
The boundaries of the European Plan for Artificial Intelligence
Let’s clarify it. The figure announced by Von der Leyen is consistent. We are talking about an investment for a single sector which is equivalent to just over a quarter of the European Fund for the second half allocated by the European Council to bring out the European Union by the Post Covid crisis (750 billion euros). An excellent start, yet some obstacles on the path can be seen.
There are at least two problems at the moment. The first are the time. The plan was announced today, it is not clear by when it will see the light. Meanwhile, the United States and China can already count on Advanced artificial intelligence models developed by their companies. The second is the production fabric. The European Union can count on research centers and excellent universities but has no companies that deal with artificial intelligence at the level of Big tech that can be found outside our continent.
The Global to Index It is an index that defines the ability of a nation of compete in the field of artificial intelligence. In the top ten positions there are only two countries of the European Union: France, al 5th placeand Germany, al 7th. Italy is at 24th placed, after Denmark and Ireland.
