Position Paper on the European AI Industry

Position Paper on the European AI Industry

A European AI industry can only be built with a coherent policy

“The fragmented and sometimes contradictory approach of combating and providing ad hoc incentives must give way to a coherent adoption of AI Fair Tech: responsible AI with built-in safeguards for sovereignty and resilience.”
In this position paper, we take a stance on European and Dutch AI industry policy. We demonstrate that Europe has begun to confuse regulation with industrial policy. The government has three key instruments at its disposal to stimulate the development of a European AI industry: legislation, subsidies for research and innovation, and public procurement. These must be aligned and deployed in a coordinated manner.

Achieving a strategically relevant AI position requires two things: a European network of AI frontier centers, where top AI talent works on challenges at the cutting edge of AI innovation; and public AI policy centers at the European and member state levels, which coordinate AI regulation and oversight, innovation policy, and public procurement. In this paper, we argue that the Netherlands must quickly establish an AI frontier center and an AI policy center, and consolidate government-wide AI procurement into a single facility that acts as the primary purchaser.

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