Why Europe Must Build Sovereign AI Or Risk Irrelevance.

Remember AI 2027?The researchers behind that project are back with another great piece, expanding their visions about possible futures with AI developments, available at ai-2040.com. Instead of forecasting the future, they propose several alternative paths, indicating which ones are desired. This time around, the team proposes several parallel timelines with each of them changing at key decision points. I went through it. It made me think about geopolitics. I became increasingly aware of the role of Europe in the advertised scenario, dubbed Plan A. The thing is, Europe's role is close to non-existent. Let me explain why is this the case and what has to change about Europe's approach if people across the whole world are to benefit. But first a brief recap of ai-2040.The research outlines different plans, A, B, C, D and S, and their outcomes. The timelines diverge in 2029, when an important decision has to be made. The scenarios stretch all the way to, as you might have guessed, 2040.…