1、 Special report EU Artificial intelligence ambition Stronger governance and increased,more focused investment essential going forward EN 2024 08 2 Contents Paragraph Executive summary I-IX Introduction 01-16 Opportunities for the EU to develop and adopt AI technologies 01-08 Main public actions to b

2、uild the European AI ecosystem and corresponding roles 09-16 Audit scope and approach 17-22 Observations 23-99 The EU framework for coordinating and regulating EU investment in AI is a work in progress 23-52 The design of EU AI plans was broadly in line with international best practices,but investme

3、nt targets were too vague and not updated 24-32 The Commissions coordination with member states had limited effects 33-41 Recent EU measures to achieve a single market for data are at the inception phase 42-47 The EU has gradually taken steps since 2018 to develop a framework for regulating AI 48-52

4、 The EU envisaged enablers for AI innovation,but implementation is ongoing 53-72 AI plans initially triggered modest EU capital support for innovators 55-64 EU-funded AI infrastructure for SMEs addresses important needs but faces delays,and the interplay of support measures is yet to be demonstrated

5、 65-72 The Commission boosted the funding of R&I in AI,but did not have an overview of the results 73-99 The Commission increased R&I investment in AI in 2018-2020,but did not keep pace with the Horizon Europe programme 74-79 R&I investment in AI lacked coordination and evaluation frameworks 80-84 P

6、rivate co-financing of EU AI projects was generally at the same level as other Horizon 2020 projects 85-91 The Commissions contribution to the exploitation and dissemination of AI R&I results had programme-related shortcomings 92-99 3 Conclusions and recommendations 100-109 Annexes Annex I Main comp