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Read our executive brief in collaboration with Agora Strategy Group about the main trends, key figures and issues on how, in a competitive AI age, Europe seeks to establish its own industrial niche based on trustworthiness of AI while competing with both the US and China.

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Geopolitics of Artificial Intelligence: Europe claiming its place amid China and the USA

November 16, 2020

In a Competitive AI Age, Europe seeks its own Industrial Niche. Our main findings show that:

  • Economic gains from AI will benefit countries that develop vibrant AI-related industries, leading to vigorous
    industrial and geopolitical competition between not only companies but also states, e.g. US and China.
  • The EU’s digital industry is carving out its place alongside the US-China duopoly. However, digital and
    capital markets integration in Europe is not yet sufficient to nurture innovative players in this field.
  • The EU’s approach is to put the trustworthiness of AI technologies at the center of its industrial policy,
    helping European companies to win future AI markets through higher quality products.

Read our executive brief in collaboration with Agora Strategy Group about the main trends, key figures and issues on how, in a competitive AI age, Europe seeks to establish its own industrial niche based on trustworthiness of AI while competing with both the US and China.

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