1、Report:CEE AI Challengers 2025Analysis of EU strategies and recommendations for the development of artificial intelligence in Central and Eastern EuropeMarch 20251(.)European society must encourage the more socially beneficial direction of AI and European leaders will need to invest in the necessary

2、 digital infrastructure,design regulations that do not discourage investment or drive away talented AI researchers,and create the kind of financing mechanisms that successful startups need to scale up.Without a robust AI industry of its own,Europe will have little to no influence on the direction of

3、 AI globally.Daron AcemogluLecturer in economics at MIT.Winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in economic sciences 2No technology today is as forward-looking as artificial intelligence.Nor does any raise as many questions as AI.Either in regard to civilizational,eco-nomic or business issues.We have become

4、accustomed to electricity,steam,or the Internet,and it will also be the case with artificial intelligence.“Nothing in life is to be feared,it is only to be understood”,said Marie Skodowska-Curie.And our task,as representatives of business and industry,is to help artificial intelligence to be underst

5、ood by companies,NGOs,public administration,local governments and the public.So that it can support their development wisely and effectively.Like any revolution that offers an opportunity for growth,this one also brings challenges and risks.For our digital sector,artificial intelligence means influ-

6、encing products and services that will reshape our work,education and per-sonal lives.The ongoing revolution requires building the right social attitudes,the competencies needed to use the technology and to ensure security in the broadest sense.To reap the benefits of access to AI,we will need,among