Von der Leyen said Europe needed to focus on a unique approach to AI development, including a focus on science and technology, adoption in complex applications using its wealth of industrial manufacturing data, and bringing together talent from different countries and sectors.
She added that the EU wants to ensure every innovative European company has the ability to access the AI power it needs through supercomputers, and to replicate the collaborative success of CERN, the world's largest particle physics laboratory based in Geneva, Switzerland.
Positive uses of AI will include boosting competitiveness, protecting security, shoring up public health and democratizing access to information, she explained.