Ursula von der Leyen on Create a global institute for AI, simil…

Ursula von der Leyen

President of the European Commission

Very large data and computing infrastructure, to train very large models. We want to replicate the success story of the CERN laboratory in Geneva. 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. We provide the infrastructure for large computational power. Researchers, entrepreneurs and investors will be able to join forces. Talents of the world are welcome.

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Create a global institute for AI, similar to CERN

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AI Verified The quote clearly supports the full idea: it explicitly says, 'We want to replicate the success story of the CERN laboratory' for AI by building shared large-scale computing infrastructure where 'the best and the brightest minds in the world' can work together. That is a direct endorsement of a CERN-like global AI institute. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified The quote clearly supports a CERN-like AI institution: "We want to replicate the success story of the CERN laboratory" and "We want the same to happen in our AI Gigafactories." · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified The quote is authentic. In the official European Commission speech transcript, “Speech by President von der Leyen at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit” (Paris, 11 February 2025; SPEECH/25/471), the passage appears verbatim: “Very large data and computing infrastructure, to train very large models... Talents of the world are welcome.” The provided PubAffairs URL reproduces the same text and attributes it to Ursula von der Leyen. The excerpt begins after an introductory sentence and ends before the next sentence, but the quoted words themselves match exactly. ([ec.europa.eu](https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/api/files/document/print/en/speech_25_471/SPEECH_25_471_EN.pdf)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

AI Verified Web search confirms Ursula von der Leyen's AI Action Summit (Paris, Feb 2025) speech with the exact quote "We want to replicate the success story of the CERN laboratory in Geneva" and the AI Gigafactories vision. The InvestAI initiative plans 4 gigafactories distributed across the EU (not a single hub), so the "against" vote on a single central location is correct. Source URLs (pubaffairsbruxelles, ec.europa.eu) returned 403 to WebFetch, but multiple secondary sources (sciencebusiness.net, rcrwireless.com, ai-news, digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu) confirm the speech and substance. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 4mo ago

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

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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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