This brand-new report is the third in EIT Digital's Policy Perspective series and addresses the important topic on how Europe should deal with Artificial Intelligence. It provides business and policy decision makers with a scenario-based impact assessment instrument for AI policy development. The report explores the impact of Artificial Intelligence in general as well as in more specific application domains strategic for Europe: Health, Manufacturing, Climate, and Mobility. In all of these areas, it identifies both general and sector specific opportunities for and concerns about the further deployment of AI. It concludes with an assessment addressing the impact on innovation potential, fairness, trust, and growth opportunities.

Supported by the European digital innovation and entrepreneurial education organization EIT Digital, City, University of London's Artificial Intelligence Research Centre (CitAI) and Institute for Cyber Security (ICS) will lead two new Doctoral Training Programs (DTPs). Starting in the 2019-2020 academic year will be a DTP in Artificial Intelligence (AI). This will enable the commercial deployment of AI technology in Europe and other regions by developing critical interdisciplinary capabilities in AI technology, particularly, though not exclusively in machine (deep) learning and explainable AI, with applications for solving real-life industrial problems. Dr Eduardo Alonso, Director of City's Artificial Intelligence Research Centre (CitAI) and lead for City's Master's programme in AI, will oversee this DTP. This program will be carried out in partnership with founding partners Delta Capital Ltd, Telefónica Innovación Alpha SL and Bosch AA-AS.