European Commission Unveils €3 Billion AI Strategy to Transform Industries and Research Across Continent
Summary
European Commission launches €3 billion AI strategy featuring two major initiatives: Apply AI Strategy to accelerate artificial intelligence adoption across industries and public sectors, and AI in Science Strategy creating RAISE virtual institute with €600 million funding to coordinate research resources and computational power continent-wide.
Key Points
- The European Commission launches the Apply AI Strategy to accelerate artificial intelligence adoption in key industries and public sectors through infrastructure linking, workforce strengthening, and a new Frontier AI initiative
- The AI in Science Strategy establishes RAISE, a virtual European institute that coordinates AI resources for research, with €600 million from Horizon Europe for computational power and plans to double AI investments to over €3 billion
- Both strategies build on the AI Continent Action Plan from April 2025, supported by the new Apply AI Alliance forum and an AI Observatory to monitor trends and assess sectoral impacts