Opinion

January 9, 2019

What European AI lacks in funding it makes up for in ambition

Kai-fu Lee, ex-president of Google China, said there was no hope for Europe in the global AI race. This is how European AI experts responded.


Carly Minsky

8 min read

In a recent interview with Sifted, Kai-fu Lee, AI-expert and ex-president of Google China, said Europe would struggle to even win third place in the global AI race. “Europe has none of the success factors of the US or China,” he said.

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