Ursula von der Leyen on AI

Ursula von der Leyen

President of the European Commission

The US and EU need to be strong partners in AI [...] our citizens and companies can safely use the best AI models.

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AI Verified The supplied The Sun Malaysia URL contains both quoted fragments and attributes them to Ursula von der Leyen: “The US and EU need to be strong partners in AI” and later “It is in our mutual interest that our citizens and companies can safely use the best AI models,” published Wednesday, 17 Jun 2026. Matching AFP-syndicated coverage elsewhere uses the same wording, so the quote is authentic with a permissible ellipsis, correctly attributed, and the stored author, date, and source URL are consistent. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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Governments and labs should build the capability for a global slowdown of frontier AI development in case it's needed

As the frontier models become more capable, these risks have come more sharply into focus. Models being developed will allow hacking on a level we never thought possible. And they will soon be in the hands of adversaries who see the world very differ...

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The EU should build sovereign AI infrastructure to reduce dependence on US providers

We cannot afford to depend on others for the technologies that keep our hospitals running, our energy grids stable and our services secure. This is about protecting our citizens, defending our interests and making our own choices. Europe has the tale...

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Restrict the CERN for AI initiative to EU member states

CERN hosts the largest particle accelerator in the world. And it allows the best and the brightest minds in the world to work together. We want the same to happen in our AI Gigafactories.

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