Overview

• Brussels will mobilize about €1 billion from existing budget lines to accelerate projects such as autonomous driving in cities and AI‑enabled health centers.
• The Commission will allocate €600 million from Horizon Europe to give EU researchers access to European AI compute "gigafactories."
• Annual Horizon Europe spending on AI is set to double to €3 billion under the strategy to strengthen research capacity.
• Eight priority areas are designated, including healthcare, robotics, automotive, energy, agriculture, defense and space, electronic communications, and cultural and media industries, with officials highlighting expected gains in medical imaging and administrative efficiency.
• Officials present the push as a competitiveness move against the United States and China as the AI Act stays intact despite tech industry complaints about compliance burdens.