Tech firms invest in sovereign AI to cut Europe dependence on US tech
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on November 14, 2024
LISBON, Portugal — Tech giants are increasingly investing in the development of so-called "sovereign" artificial intelligence models as they seek to boost competitiveness by focusing more on local infrastructure.
Data sovereignty refers to the idea that people's data should be stored on infrastructure within the country or continent they reside in.
"Sovereign AI is a relatively new term that's emerged in the last year or so," Chris Gow, IT networking giant Cisco's Brussels-based EU public policy lead, told CNBC.
Currently, many of the biggest large language models (LLMs), like . . .
