European Union leaders gather in Dublin on Friday for their first big AI summit, hoping to level up Europe's game against the US and China.
The timing feels extra important, with fresh concerns about how AI affects society.
EU summit debates AI funding, regulation
Top of the agenda? Figuring out how to fund new AI projects and set smart regulations.
European Council President Antonio Costa said it's time to tackle these challenges head-on.
Industry voices like Mistral AI chief executive Arthur Mensch and Nobel Prize-winning AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton joined in to share ideas.
There is also some drama over the Chips Act, meant to boost advanced manufacturing, but progress is slow thanks to budget disagreements over the plan to build seven artificial intelligence gigafactories and the bloc's 2028-2034 budget.