What should Europe’s nascent industrial policy for AI mean?

AI Now Institute has published a new collection of essays setting out to inform Europe’s industrial policy for AI.

Our chapter written with Fieke Jansen and Michelle Thorne calls out predatory delay and busts the myths about “AI for sustainability.” We call for Europe to reframe what it means to be innovative and center environmental justice in its industrial policy.

As Europe ponders pouring billions of public funds into AI, this collection attempts to reorient the EU’s industrial policy away from its current trajectory of further entrenching big tech’s dominance in the market––and outlines alternative pathways forward.

EU policy makers and others concerned about our digital futures should check out this collection of policy research, perspectives, and evidence about the challenges of expanding public investment in a highly concentrated global AI market.

The report has been curated and compiled by Frederike Kaltheuner, Leevi Saari, Amba Kak, and Sarah Myers West of the AI Now Institute. Other contributors include Europe’s foremost AI policy experts, including: Francesca Bria, Cecilia Rikap, Sarah Chander, Zuzanna Warso, Cristina Caffarra, Seda Gürses, Margarida Silva, Jeroen Merk, Kim van Sparrentak, Burcu Kilic, Michelle Thorne, Udbhav Tiwari, Francesco Bonfiglio, Fieke Jansen, and Mark Scott.

Read the full report here.