14 January 2019
"An EU document compares machine learning with the invention of electricity. A total of 20 billion euros is to be invested in research into „AI made in Europe“."
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See: EU Commission wants to use artificial intelligence for surveillance (Matthias Monroy, link):
A „Coordinated Plan on Artificial Intelligence“ of the European Union envisages the increased use of algorithms in the areas of „migration, infrastructure monitoring“. This is the message in the annex to the communication from the EU Commission, which the Secretary General addressed to the Council shortly before Christmas. AI-based machine learning is to be used primarily in the areas of geoinformation and earth observation."
See: European Commission: Coordinated Plan on Artificial Intelligence (COM(2018) 795 final, pdf) and: Annex (pdf)
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