The European Union (EU) announced the launch of a new strategic initiative in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), the purpose of which is to increase competition with the United States and China.
EU plans to create a large -scale data processing infrastructure, simplify regulation and increase investments in AI technology.
The European Commission has submitted an AI action plan, which sets out steps for the coming years.
According to the document, the EU will strengthen the European infrastructure of AI and supercomputers using a network of gigatrices of AI.
These enterprises will become key centers of data processing and training of complex AI models.
What are AI gigafabers?
gigafabrics, will be 4 times more powerful than existing analogues.
They will equip about 100 thousand of the latest chips and combine giant computing power and data centers, allowing you to train and models.
This will strengthen the autonomy of Europe in critical sectors.
The European Union plans to build 5 such objects that mobilizes 20 billion euros of investments.
In addition to the TOG, with gigafrobes they will create data laboratories that will combine and structure information flows from various sources.
The EU also intends to stimulate the development of algorithms and the implementation of AI in key sectors of the economy in order to increase the share of companies using AI technologies. Now this indicator is on average, is 13.5%.
For the implementation of ambitions in the field of AI, it plans to expand educational and professional programs, simplify the acceptance of specialists and facilitate the conditions for the work of AI engineers.
At the same time, the European Commission intends to reconsider the strict standards that interfere with the development and use of AI in Europe.
Large technological companies have repeatedly stated that the current EU legislation complicates the use of data and inhibits the development of the industry.