The European Commission has launched
calls for proposals under Horizon Europe's 2023-2024 digital,
industrial and space work program for research and innovation in
artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum technologies, the EU
executive said in a statement on April 23.
The Commission will invest over 65 million euros in AI,
including 50 million that will be dedicated to projects aimed at
developing new ways of combining data and the expansion of large
AI model capabilities, according to the note.
Another 15 million euros will be invested in developing robust
and transparent AI systems, the Commission said.
The projects are aimed at improving the reliability of AI
systems and providing significant insights into their
decision-making processes.
These investments will help develop AI technology in line with
the AI Act and with the human-centric European approach to AI,
the statement noted.
Moreover, 40 million euros will be invested to boost research
into cutting-edge quantum technologies, of which 25 million will
be devoted to the creation of a pan-European network of quantum
gravimeters, or gravity sensors, it explained.
An additional 15 million euros will be invested in transnational
research and development projects on next-generation quantum
technologies, the statement said.
Another 7.5 million euros will finance projects that will
support European values, placing citizens at the centre of the
digital transformation and increasing the EU's influence in
global ICT standardization, concluded the statement.
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