European Union leaders meet in Dublin for their first-ever AI summit, discussing competitiveness, funding, and Ukraine.
European Union leaders are meeting in Dublin on Friday at the first ever summit on artificial intelligence (AI). The meeting comes as worries about AI's global impact mount and Europe seeks a role in its development and regulation.
European Council President Antonio Costa wrote in an invitation letter to EU leaders last week: "Given the rapid pace of AI development, I believe that a first dedicated discussion, at leaders' level, is now needed on the opportunities presented by AI, as well as on its transformative effect on our economies and societies."
Mistral AI chief executive Arthur Mensch and Nobel Prize-winning AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton will brief EU leaders.
Leaders will debate how the bloc can catch up with the United States and China and tackle funding issues and other problems. They will also assess how to overcome red tape and set guardrails.
An initiative known as the Chips Act implemented three years ago looks likely to fall short of its goal to attract advanced manufacturing and double the bloc's share of the global chip market to 20% by 2030.
A plan to build seven artificial intelligence gigafactories to house advanced AI processors, software, cloud technology, high-speed connectivity and data centres under one roof has yet to fully take off due to the fight among EU countries over spending on competitiveness in the bloc's 2028-2034 budget.
In addition to AI, leaders are also set to discuss Ukraine, which has since been added as a second major topic to the agenda, a day after US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner flew into Dublin to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy following talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
EU leaders are likely to discuss European involvement in peace negotiations and potential security guarantees the EU could offer in the event of a ceasefire, a senior EU official said.
The summit is the first dedicated leaders-level discussion on AI in the EU, taking place as the bloc seeks to close its technological gap with the United States and China while managing safety concerns and funding disputes among member states.
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