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European Union President Ursula von der Leyen announced a new initiative to give artificial intelligence (AI) startups expedited access to European supercomputers.

The announcement came during the presidents 2023 EU State of the Union address on Sept. 13.

In introducing the topic of AI, von der Leyen invoked an open letter sent by members of the global AI community calling for increased regulatory scrutiny of the potential for extinction from AI.

Per von der Leyens speech:

The president called for the assemblage of a new global framework for AI, built on three pillars: guardrails, governance and guiding innovation.

In describing the necessary guardrails, the president invoked the EUs AI Act, calling it a blueprint for the whole world. For the governance pillar, von der Leyen beseeched the global community to form a governance council similar to the International Panel on Climate Change.

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Lastly, in support of the tenant of guiding innovation, President von der Leyen announced an EU-wide initiative to accelerate access to Europes supercomputers for artificial intelligence startups wishing to train models and conduct research.

Europe has now become a leader in supercomputing with 3 of the 5 most powerful supercomputers in the world, the president said, adding, We need to capitalise on this.

President von der Leyen also lauded U.S. technology companies that have chosen to voluntarily adopt AI standards and ethics and praised EU companies that have done the same. Now, the president added, we should bring all of this work together towards minimum global standards for safe and ethical use of AI.

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