EU leaders met for an AI summit in Dublin, an event largely overshadowed by Russia's war on Ukraine. William Hilderbrandt welcomed Fabrice Pothier, CEO of Rasmussen Global, to discuss the summit's agenda.
On AI, Pothier pointed to Europe's limited computing capacity, estimating that it barely represents "5% of what's available out there." Despite the EU's wealth of researchers and expertise, he warned that Europe is struggling to turn these resources into "real technological and industrial scale."
Turning to the war in Ukraine, Pothier argued that European governments should focus less on "whether they have a place at the table" and more on "making Ukraine's hands stronger," particularly by providing additional air defence interceptors.