Europe has no frontier AI lab, not even a near-frontier one, Mollick notes
sudoraohacker · x · 2026-09-26
Ethan Mollick points out a striking fact: Europe has no frontier AI lab, not even a near-frontier one, nor any effort likely to produce one in the future. A replier calls it a foreseeable outcome of bad policy decisions and doubts that even building enough data centers would turn things around — highlighting Europe's structural lag in the AI race.
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