Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson during a press conference January 17, 2025.
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Stockholm – Europe is exposed to the “museum”, if it does not soften the strict edges to artificial intelligence technologies and deregulate, said Ulylf Kristersson on Thursday.
“I think that we really have to accelerate in Europe … The American economy, the Chinese economy is growing much faster compared to European hosts over the past 20 years,” told the prime minister to the participants of the Techaren's event in Stockholm.
“If we do not change this, Europe will become a museum compared to other parts of the world,” he added.
Kristersson's voice joins the chorus of European leaders who spoke at the top of the action in Paris AI last week, emphasizing the need for the region he became a more competitive player in the global AI race.
French President Emmanuel Macron announced The investment by 109 billion euros (113.7 billion dollars) in artificial intelligence, which includes obligations of both foreign investors, such as the United Arab Emirates as well as American investment and Canadian funds, as well as domestic companies such as Iliad, Orange and Thales.
At that time, Macron compared the scale of investment involvement with the AI private investment project in the amount of $ 500 billion announced by President Donald Trump last month.
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen he said that the EU will mobilize a total of EUR 200 billion ($ 208.6 billion) for AI investments in Europe.
Against this background, the US vice president JD Vance aimed at Europe, arguing that officials on the continent focused too much on AI regulation instead of taking its growth potential.
Looking for America as a “leader” in this technology, Vance said that the US wants their European allies to support a more favorable approach to technology than before.
“To create this kind of trust, we need international regulatory systems that favor the creation of AI technology, and not suffocating it, especially our European friends, to look at this new border with optimism than anxiety,”, Vance told the participants to the peak in Paris.
“It's not enough”
Technology management previously criticized the EU for too close regulatory approach to AI. Block Landmark Ai Actwhich has become enforced this year, it is the first comprehensive set of principles aimed at protecting against threats constituting artificial intelligence.
“To be able to compete in a new geopolitical context, Europe must become a place where business and innovation can develop,” Kristersson said on Thursday. “This means smaller regulations. This means more access to capital and talent. “
He added: “At the moment we have companies with problems with the latest technology due to uncertainty with European legislation, companies founded in Europe to the USA due to lack of access to capital. It's just not good enough. “