Europe's Innovation Crisis: An Existential Threat

Once a scientific epicenter, Europe now lags as the US and China dominate the high-stakes race in AI and groundbreaking technology, shaping a new global economy and power balance. While Europe possesses the talent and research, our innovations too often remain in labs, unlike the tech giants building future platforms elsewhere.

This isn't merely an innovation crisis; it's an existential one. Failure to close this gap threatens European welfare, independence, and influence. As KI researcher Ishita Barua argues, the future is being written now, but not necessarily by us.