EU unveils 'human centric' artificial intelligence data strategy

The European Union has published its European data strategy [PDF], intended to provide the framework for what it describes as human-centric artificial intelligence. The white paper, said President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, is intended to "shape Europe's digital future". She continued: "It covers everything from cybersecurity to critical infrastructures, digital education to skills, democracy to media. I want that digital Europe reflects the best of Europe - open, fair, diverse, democratic, and confident." However, while the strategy has been pitched as boosting the EU's technology sector and preparing the bloc for a shift to an ever-more data-driven economy, increasingly governed by AI, the strategy is driven by a desire to regulate artificial intelligence and data platforms before they take off.