As the CEE Digital Coalition, an entity gathering leading ICT trade associations from across Central Eastern Europe, we are committed to building a competitive and innovative digital economy in Europe and a prosperous, safe, modern society in our region. To that end, we need Europe to be a front runner in the ongoing AI revolution. As rightly pointed out in a recent letter signed by dozens of companies “Europe can’t afford to miss out on the widespread benefits from responsibly built open AI technologies that will accelerate economic growth and unlock progress in scientific research. For that we need harmonised, consistent, quick and clear decisions under EU data regulations that enable European data to be used in AI training for the benefit of Europeans”.
Not only AI is becoming increasingly important for Europe’s competitiveness. But it is playing a key role in safety and local cultural heritage. CEE languages and cultures must embrace AI. For this to happen we need AI models to be trained on CEE data.
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