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Taylor Owen on Europe's Strategic AI Shift Amid Geopolitical Fractures

Published: 17 February 2025
February 12, 2025 | Professor Taylor Owen writes about the as he comes back from the Paris AI Action Summit. Owen explains how the governments are pivoting from regulating AI risks to aggressively pursuing foreign direct investment, and Europe faces a new era of AI adoption. "This shift, driven by economic incentives and strategic geopolitical moves, risks sidelining critical debates about AI safety, democracy, and digital governance," he mentions. With the US taking a hard stance against digital regulation under the new administration, the future of AI governance hangs in the balance. He leaves us pondering if we are entering an AI empire era driven by acceleration and expansion?