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EU wants to upgrade its supercomputers to support generative AI startups
European Union lawmakers scrambling for the bloc to be a contender in the generative AI race are presenting a package of support measures aimed at European Union lawmakers scrambling for the bloc to be a contender in the generative AI race are presenting a package of support measures aimed at charging up homegrown AI startups and scale ups.
Artificial intelligence technologies — and especially generative AI models which are trained on very large data-sets and have capabilities such as being able to parse natural language and produce text, imagery or audio on demand — are being viewed as a key strategic area for the bloc’s future competitiveness. “With this flexibility on upgrading the existing infrastructure, within a year, we can almost double the capacity and provide the AI users the access that they need to train large models and stay competitive on a very fast evolving market in the world,” one Commission official suggested. The Commission’s PR today conveys a similar claim — with the announcement that the package of measures will support European startups and SMEs “in the development of trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI) that respects EU values and rules”.
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