EU to build AI gigafactories in €20bn push to catch up with US and China
by Jennifer Rankin in Brussels from on (#6WGJE)
Up to five sites with power-hungry supercomputers and datacentres planned to drive AI moonshots'
The EU has revealed details of a 20bn (17bn) plan to create new sites equipped with vast supercomputers in Europe to develop the next generation of artificial intelligence models, while opening the door to amending its landmark law that regulates the technology.
Publishing a strategy to turn Europe into an AI continent", the European Commission vice-president Henna Virkkunen said the technology was at the heart of making Europe more competitive, secure and technologically sovereign, adding: The global race for AI is far from over."
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