The European Commission will this week present its proposal on Artificial Intelligence (AI), seen as a step toward a new regulatory framework, promised by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in her State of the Union, writes Marie-Françoise Gondard-Argenti.
Marie-Françoise Gondard-Argenti is a member of the Employers’ Group at the European Economic and Social Committee.
It is clear that there is no country or company manager in Europe at the moment that does not support the development of a trustworthy and innovative AI ecosystem, which promotes a human-centric approach and that primarily services people, increasing their well-being.
There is no company in Europe that does not understand the need to leverage the EU market to spread the EU’s approach to AI regulation globally.
However, at the moment, the EU lags behind. According to a recent study, the United States leads, with an overall score of 44.6 points on a 100-point scale, followed by China with 32 and the European Union with 23.3.
If we want to catch up on the AI race in all economic sectors we must forge policies and initiatives that work Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs), the backbone of the EU economy.
From the first findings of a study to be published in June by the Employers’ Group of the European Economic and Social Committee, it emerges that the diversity and the potential of limitless AI applications come so far with a number of complex economic and societal threats, particularly for Europe’s smallest enterprises, which should not be overlooked.
The challenges that MSMEs encou ..
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