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May 4, 2026

Europe is zagging on AI while Silicon Valley zigs

Silicon Valley is doubling down on scale and speed while Europe bets on rules, trust and real-world use — and the gap is widening

John Thornhill

4 min read

There’s a lot of talk in the AI world right now about whether large language models are going to hit the buffers after they run out of data and computing power. Will the scaling laws that have fuelled the astonishing rise of generative AI soon produce diminishing returns? 

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John Thornhill

John Thornhill is Sifted’s founder and innovation editor of the Financial Times. He tweets from @johnthornhillft

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