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Beyond Harari’s either-or: Europe’s third way on AI

Rosario Cerra, founder and president of the Digital Economy Center (CED), argues that Europe's answer to Yuval Noah Harari's warning about AI is 'Coopetitive Technological Sovereignty,' a third way beyond being either a vassal or an actor. Cerra criticizes Harari's diagnosis as serious but his strategy as insufficient, proposing a cooperative-competitive approach for Europe's technological independence.

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Vassals or actors, with only a few years left to choose: that is the warning delivered by the author of “Nexus” in an interview with Der Spiegel. For Rosario Cerra, the diagnosis is serious, but the strategy falls short. Europe’s answer lies in Coopetitive Technological Sovereignty. An analysis by Rosario Cerra, founder and president of the Digital Economy Center (CED)

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