Plano de Ação para um Continente da IA

 stresses the importance of AI predictive models tried and tested at the local and regional level which could have a strong and beneficial impact in areas such as health, urban security and mobility, energy distribution and climate adaptation and resilience, such as rainfall and hydrological risk, supporting proactive water management and flood prevention;

 urges the Commission to facilitate the adoption of ‘AI made in Europe’ by supporting pilot actions in public administrations, to ensure that local and regional pilot projects are translated into sustainable and scalable solutions; underlines that a particular focus should be given on the integration of generative AI to enhance the efficiency, effectiveness, and accessibility of public services for citizens at all levels;

 underlines the strategic nature of AI as a new technology: the EU needs to ensure that AI talent is developed in the EU and that industrial property is not transferred to third countries;

 stresses the need to ensure that EU-based AI models, solutions, start-ups and scale-ups can grow and be widely used in the EU and that they are not subsequently taken over or bought by third countries’ entities, in a manner that may pose significant security and digital sovereignty risks;

 calls on the Commission to establish a single ‘AI Fund for regional and local authorities’, with the aim of accelerating the full implementation of all the actions envisaged in the AI Continent Action Plan.