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Can Europe train a frontier AI model on the compute it owns?
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Europe can deploy a sovereign frontier-class AI model by utilizing existing public compute resources, as indicated by a sourced model and report. The region currently possesses tens of exaflops of public AI compute through EuroHPC supercomputers and national AI Factories, while new gigawatt datacenters face an average wait of 7.6 years for grid power.
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- Praise: DeepL is recognized as the best translation model available, showcasing Europe's capability in AI despite perceptions of being behind.
- Praise: Mistral has made significant progress in AI, indicating that European models are evolving, even if they still lag behind US counterparts.
- Concern: The EU's regulatory mindset and data privacy concerns are seen as major barriers to innovation in AI, hindering the development of frontier models.
- Concern: Many European AI providers, like OVH and StackIT, are criticized for poor performance compared to US hyperscalers, limiting their competitiveness.
- Concern: The perception that Europe is behind in AI is reinforced by comments on Mistral's capabilities, which are viewed as inferior to American models.