AI

AI — Topic
Summary	European Union policy on artificial intelligence: the AI Act and the strategies and funding programmes around it.

AI Act — File
Status	ongoing
Topic	AI
Summary	Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence; application is phased in through 2027.
Notes	Attention is on implementation: secondary legislation, harmonised standards, GPAI enforcement from August 2026, and the amendments proposed in the November 2025 Digital Omnibus.

Link: EUR-Lex text (for: AI Act)

AI Continent Action Plan — File
Status	ongoing
Topic	AI
Summary	Commission action plan (April 2025) to build EU AI capacity: compute (AI factories and gigafactories), data, skills and adoption.

Apply AI Strategy — File
Status	ongoing
Topic	AI
Summary	Commission strategy (October 2025) to accelerate AI adoption across EU industry, SMEs and the public sector.
Notes	The June 2026 Open Source Strategy mainstreams open source into the Apply AI sectors.

GenAI4EU — File
Status	ongoing
Topic	AI
Summary	Commission initiative (January 2024 AI innovation package) funding generative AI development and uptake in strategic sectors under Horizon Europe.

InvestAI — File
Status	ongoing
Topic	AI
Summary	Investment initiative (February 2025) to mobilise around EUR 200 billion for AI in Europe, including EUR 20 billion for AI gigafactories.

Report on Industrial AI — File
Status	expected
Topic	AI
Summary	Evidence-based, forward-looking report on industrial AI to be delivered by Jim Hagemann Snabe, appointed Special Envoy for Industrial AI in June 2026; his mandate runs to March 2027.
Notes	Snabe advises von der Leyen and Virkkunen on the whole industrial AI ecosystem: infrastructure (data centres, HPC, chips), foundation technologies and sectoral adoption.

Link: Appointment announcement (for: Report on Industrial AI)