The European Commission announced today that it will provide dedicated supercomputing access to AI startups to help them develop large models. The plan is the latest move by the European Union to increase investment in artificial intelligence and aims to help European companies compete with the United States in this critical area.
Under the plan, the EU will provide AI startups with a total of 4 million hours of supercomputing access. These companies will be able to leverage the EU's supercomputers to train large language models, image recognition models, and other sophisticated AI algorithms.
The European Commission said the plan would "help European AI startups stay ahead of the competition". The plan will also "drive the development of the European AI ecosystem and create jobs for the European economy".
The European Union's AI startup support program is part of its increased investment in AI. The EU has also invested 1 billion euros in the development of the next generation of supercomputers, which will be dedicated to artificial intelligence research.
However, the EU's AI policy has been criticized by some as being too biased towards large companies. But the European Commission says the plan will provide opportunities for all AI startups, regardless of their size.
The specifics of the EU AI startup support scheme will be announced in the coming weeks.