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Get over your X: A European plan to escape American technology – European Council on Foreign Relations Foreign technology companies cannot be entrusted with meeting Europe’s growing digital needs. This includes American big tech firms. Here’s what Europeans shoul

Time to get over your X, Europe! Our new policy brief from Giorgos Verdi warns that the European Union must urgently develop an independent “EuroStack” of critical technologies to solve the reliance from American tech.
https://bit.ly/48ZLCBA

Time to get over your X, Europe! Our new policy brief from @giorgosverdi.bsky.social warns that the European Union must urgently develop an independent “EuroStack” of critical technologies to solve the reliance from American tech. @ecfrgeotech.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/48ZLCBA

Why the EU needs an AI foreign policy The EU needs to go beyond its AI Continent Action Plan and—like the US—develop an AI foreign policy. This is vital to allow the EU to amplify its existing AI efforts while insuring it against AI…

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

Back to the future: How the EU can upgrade its AI Continent Action Plan 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

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
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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:

Glitch in the matrix: How Europeans should respond to the Trump-Musk tech agenda Elon Musk and Donald Trump are setting out America’s new approach to digital technology—including social media and AI. The EU must understand their motivations and work with willing partners to curb n...

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...

Which countries fared best against disinformation in 2024? Euronews Next looks at how successful or not the world was at protecting voters from online disinformation during the historic 2024 election year.

📰 “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.