The Commission is stepping up its support for European start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) so that they can develop reliable artificial intelligence (AI) that respects EU values and rules.
The new AI package includes a wide range of measures to support these start-ups and innovation, as well as a proposal to provide privileged access to supercomputers to AI start-ups and the innovation community in the sense wide. Other measures include:
- set up AI factories and ensure that AI supercomputer infrastructure available to start-ups can be purchased and upgraded
- a decision aimed at establishing a AI Office within the Commission, which can develop and coordinate AI policy at European level and supervise the implementation and enforcement of the AI law
- A European Communication on AI Start-ups and Innovation which outlines key activities such as financial and capital support, common European data spaces and other initiatives.
The Commission will also create two European consortia for digital infrastructure, in collaboration with several Member States. These groups will develop a common European infrastructure of cutting-edge language technologies and AI tools to help cities optimize their processes, from traffic to waste management.
For years, the Commission has been facilitating and strengthening cooperation on artificial intelligence across the EU to strengthen its competitiveness and ensure trust based on EU values. The EU AI Law, adopted in December 2023, is the world’s first comprehensive law on artificial intelligence and will support the development, deployment and adoption of trustworthy AI in the EU.
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