The AI Race - Why Europe Feels Like the Tortoise in a Field of Hares You’ve heard the stats: The U.S. and China are AI juggernauts. In 2024 alone, the U.S. produced 40 groundbreaking AI models (think ChatGPT’s cooler older siblings), while the EU mustered just three. Three! It’s like showing up to a Formula 1 race on a tricycle. The EU’s AI Moonshot: Gigafactories, Gigawatts, and the Race to Outsmart the Future The twist: Europe isn’t panicking. Instead, it’s playing the long game. The EU’s new strategy isn’t just about catching up - it’s about leapfrogging . Picture this: Instead of building faster cars, they’re inventing teleportation. These gigafactories are meant to power “moonshots” - AI projects so ambitious they’d make Elon Musk blush. We’re talking AI that diagnoses diseases before symptoms appear, robots that assemble airplanes like LEGO sets, and algorithms that solve climate change. (Yes, really.) Aha! Moment: The EU isn’t just building computers; it’s building ...