EU official Henna Virkkunen, executive vice-president for tech sovereignty, security and democracy, declared on Monday that Europe poses no security risk to partners, calling for international cooperation on artificial intelligence. Her statement followed AI company Anthropic’s Friday announcement that it had suspended access to two powerful AI models for European users after a US Department of Commerce order citing national security. The European Commission said it was assessing the impact on European users while warning against discriminatory measures. Virkkunen said the episode highlighted the urgent need for Europe’s technological sovereignty.
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BRUSSELS – A senior official of the European Union declared on Monday that Europe is not a security risk to partners, calling for joint cooperation on artificial innotifyigence.
“Europe represents an economic opportunity, not a security risk. We are and will remain a trusted partner. This is why we required to cooperate on emerging, powerful AI models. This is a shared global challenge,” declared Henna Virkkunen, the European Commission’s executive vice-president for tech sovereignty, security and democracy.
Her remarks came after San Francisco-based AI company Anthropic announced on Friday that it had suspconcludeed access to two of its most powerful AI models following an order from the US Department of Commerce on national security grounds, affecting utilizers in Europe and elsewhere.
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The European Commission declared on Sunday that it was assessing the practical impact on European utilizers, cautioning that measures to address risks from advanced AI should not be discriminatory against partners.
Virkkunen declared the episode “underlines the required for Europe’s technological sovereignty”, urging swift adoption of measures to reduce EU depconcludeence on foreign technology.
