Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, speaks at the top of the AI action in Paris in France, on Tuesday, February 11, 2025.
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The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday said that the EU would mobilize a total of EUR 200 billion (206.5 billion dollars) for investments of artificial intelligence in Europe, emphasizing that the AI leadership race has not yet been won by China or the USA
The sum covers previously set funds worth EUR 150 billion from investors and industry, which von der Leyen announced that the block would complete another 50 billion euros.
Speaking at AI Action Summit in Paris, von der Leyen said it would be “the largest public-private partnership in the world in the development of reliable artificial intelligence”, focused on industrial applications and critical missions, and supplying European “gigafactories” for processing large models .
“We want Europe to be one of the leading continents of AI, and this means covering the way of life in which AI is everywhere,” said von der Leyen audience with known technological characters and political leaders in the French capital.
“Too often I hear that Europe is late for the race – that China or the United States has already followed. I do not agree because the AI race is far from being, “she said.
“Frontier is still moving, leadership is still available, and abroad is the whole world of adoption AI … bringing artificial intelligence for use in the industry and uses it for productivity, in this place Europe can really lead the race. “
She added that the EU wants to provide every innovative European company the possibility of access to the computing force he needs, and repeat the success of CERN, the world's largest particle physics laboratory based in Geneva, Switzerland.
French President Emmanuel Macron Said Sunday that the AI sector of his country will receive EUR 109 billion ($ 112.6 billion) of private investments in the “coming years”, comparing the commitment with the US President Donald Trump Donald Trump $ 500 billion private investment project AI “Stargate”.
Asking Paris Summit on Tuesday, US Vice President JD Vance He said that America would block the efforts of “authoritarian regimes” in order to “strengthen their military intelligence ability and supervision, capture foreign data and create propaganda to undermine the national security of other nations” using AI.