SAP boss warns against regulating AI, says Europe risks falling behind U.S., China
Christian Klein, head of German software giant SAP, says Europe risks falling behind the U.S. and China if it ends up overregulating the AI sector.
Europe should avoid regulating artificial intelligence and focus its attention on the results of the technology instead, the CEO of German enterprise tech giant SAP told CNBC Tuesday.
Christian Klein, who has held the top job at SAP since April 2020, said Europe risks falling behind the U.S. and China if it overregulates the AI sector.
While it's important to mitigate the risks associated with AI, Klein argued that regulating the tech while it's still in its infancy would be misguided.
"It's very important that how we train our algorithms, the AI use cases we embed into the businesses of our customers — they need to deliver the right outcome for the employees, for the society," Klein said on CNBC's "Squawk Box Europe" Tuesday.
"If you only regulate technology in Europe, how can our startups here in Europe, how can they compete against the other startups in China, in Asia, in the U.S.?" Klein added.
"Especially for the startup scene here in Europe, it's very important to think about the outcome of the technology but not to regulate the AI technology itself."
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