The European Commission announced the launch ofArtificial Intelligence Mainland Action Plan (AI Continent Action Plan), which is expected to catch up with the current pace of investment and development in artificial intelligence by the United States and China.
As approved by the European Parliament in 2023European CHIP Act The EU Chips Act aims to boost the global market visibility of chips produced in Europe through public and private investments totaling over €430 billion. The European Commission's Continental Action Plan on Artificial Intelligence also aims to enable the EU to play a key role in the current development of artificial intelligence and secure a certain degree of market influence.
Compared with the competition between the United States and China in artificial intelligence technology, the pace of development in the European Union has slowed down significantly, resulting in many powers in the development of artificial intelligence technology almost falling into the hands of the United States or China, which has doubled its investment in artificial intelligence development.
The proposed AI Continental Action Plan includes expanding the construction of AI-related computing infrastructure, increasing the number of high-quality data pipelines that can be used for AI training, and promoting the development of AI algorithms. It also plans to accelerate the introduction of AI applications in various fields within the EU, cultivate more AI technology talents, and simplify relevant regulatory methods for the application of AI technology.
In addition, in terms of infrastructure construction, multiple artificial intelligence factory network systems will be built, and a super factory using 10 sets of advanced artificial intelligence chips will also be built to promote the operation of larger-scale artificial intelligence models, thereby exerting higher computing power in artificial intelligence applications, and allowing the EU to have greater autonomy in the development of artificial intelligence applications, while also having a greater say in market competition.
The European Commission estimates that each artificial intelligence super factory will cost about 30 billion to 50 billion euros to build, with the EU and member states expected to bear 35% of the cost, and the rest will be sought in joint ventures with interested private institutions.
