Great piece by @ecfr.eu colleague @giorgosverdi.bsky.social ecfr.eu/article/why-...

Europe has launched its bid to be a global leader in artificial intelligence. But the EU will need a more ambitious AI Continent Action Plan to catch up to its tech rivals, writes @giorgosverdi.bsky.social @ecfrpower.bsky.social

The EU's AI Action Plan is coming out today. Last year, only 3 notable AI models were developed in Europe - all of them in France. The AI Action Plan will seek to reverse this trend. It will be an uphill battle. I'll be sharing some preliminary thoughts once the Plan is out.

"One problem is that the referee never wins. The second problem is that ... no one really likes the referee." LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman about how Europe wants to be the referee in the global AI race (at an AI Action Summit event this morning). Zinger of a quote.

An excellent explainer on the US Stargate project, with my comments about what this means for Europe's AI ambitions:

The Trump-Musk era poses new challenges for Europe’s tech policy. Explore how to respond in José Ignacio Torreblanca and @giorgosverdi.bsky.social's commentary 🔎 ecfr.eu/article/glit...

📰 “AI was a tool that emerged just about a couple of years ago… one can argue that these tools are not ripe enough," - read @giorgosverdi.bsky.social's insights on the use of AI in the major 2024 election year👇 www.euronews.com/next/2025/01...

In our newest piece, me and Jose-Ignacio Torreblanca lay down three challenges that Europeans can expect from Trump and Musk in tech. We argue that Europe could seek to strike deals, playing on the heightened interest of the US to constrain China's AI and chips industry.