As EU grapples with fierce AI competition, summit overshadowed by elusive Ukraine-Russia peace deal
The summit in Dublin, the first of its kind to focus solely on AI, is expected to be overshadowed by debate over financial support for Ukraine, discussion over who speaks for the bloc internationally, and horse-trading over an EU-wide budget.
- Europe is “a large economy but clearly far behind the US and China,” one leading analyst noted recently, “ which is why it has no seat at the table.” — Prashant Rao.
- The EU’s efforts on AI have in any case so far been scattershot and largely fallen shy of their stated targets.
As EU leaders meet for an AI summit in Dublin, largely overshadowed by Russia's war on Ukraine, William Hilderbrandt is pleased to welcome Fabrice Pothier, CEO of Rasmussen Global.
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