Experts warn Brussels it ‘cannot afford’ to leave artificial intelligence in the hands of foreign firms such as Google

The European Union risks handing control of artificial intelligence to US tech giants if it does not act to protect grassroots research in its forthcoming AI bill, it has been warned.

In an open letter coordinated by the German research group Laion, or Large-scale AI Open Network, the European parliament was told that “one size fits all” rules risked eliminating open research and development.

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