Redirecting Europe’s AI Industrial Policy
Surfaces alternative framings for AI industrial policy - concentrated power, public value, environmental cost - that may inform Australian debate as government AI strategy matures.
Key points
- AI Now Institute publishes a multi-author critique of Europe's AI industrial policy, challenging competitiveness and sovereignty framings.
- Essays cover public procurement, cloud infrastructure, trade policy, and open AI as levers for public-interest outcomes.
- Limited direct APS operational relevance; useful as a critical-lens counterpoint to mainstream AI industrial policy thinking.
Implications for Australian agencies
- Monitor Strategy and policy teams with an interest in AI industrial policy could monitor this report as a reference for alternative framings beyond competitiveness narratives.
- Consider Agencies developing AI procurement or public AI infrastructure positions could consider the report's public-interest and environmental accountability arguments as a counterweight to vendor-led framing.
Implications are AI-generated. Starting points, not advice — see methodology for how they're framed.
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"Redirecting Europe’s AI Industrial Policy"
Source: AI Now Institute – Publications
Published: 15 October 2024
URL: https://ainowinstitute.org/publications/research/redirecting-europes-ai-industrial-policy
The AI Now Institute's October 2024 collection of essays critically examines Europe's emerging AI industrial policy, arguing that the dominant framing of 'competitiveness and sovereignty' risks entrenching Big Tech power rather than delivering public benefit. Contributions from economists, competition experts, civil society advocates, and EU policymakers explore alternatives across public procurement, cloud infrastructure, trade, open AI models, and digital sovereignty. While the focus is squarely on EU institutions and the European regulatory environment, the critical perspectives on government AI spending, public infrastructure, and industry capture have potential relevance for Australian AI strategy discourse, particularly for those working on whole-of-government AI investment and governance frameworks.
Implications for Australian agencies:
- [Monitor] Strategy and policy teams with an interest in AI industrial policy could monitor this report as a reference for alternative framings beyond competitiveness narratives.
- [Consider] Agencies developing AI procurement or public AI infrastructure positions could consider the report's public-interest and environmental accountability arguments as a counterweight to vendor-led framing.
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