The EU’s Apply AI and AI in Science strategies are designed to embed AI deeply into economic and public sectors such as healthcare, energy, manufacturing, and defense, promoting an AI-first mindset to foster innovation and efficiency. The Apply AI Strategy includes mobilizing approximately €1 billion to create AI-powered screening centers and support sector-specific frontier AI models, along with founding the Apply AI Alliance and transforming European Digital Innovation Hubs into AI Experience Centers.
The AI in Science Strategy focuses on establishing a virtual institute to coordinate AI resources in science with substantial investments including doubling Horizon Europe AI funding to over €3 billion, €600 million allocated to improve computing power accessibility, and €58 million for attracting global talent. These initiatives aim to strengthen Europe’s position as a hub for AI-driven scientific research while ensuring regulatory compliance through the AI Act Service Desk.
While the strategies offer a roadmap for accelerating AI adoption and innovation, challenges remain such as ensuring safety, data quality, and seamless access to structured data, which the upcoming Data Union Strategy plans to address. The plans carry implications for Europe’s global competitiveness, technology sovereignty, and the ethical integration of AI across domains, with further progress to be discussed at the AI in Science Summit in 2025.
👉 Pročitaj original: CIO Magazine
