{"slug": "is-europe-getting-ai-wrong", "title": "Is Europe Getting AI Wrong?", "summary": "A group of AI researchers published a report warning that Europe risks economic and political irrelevance if it fails to compete at the frontier of AI development, with the U.S. government ordering Anthropic to restrict advanced AI models to non-US users shortly after. Tech Policy Press Deputy Editor Ramsha Jahangir debates the issue with co-author Maximilian Negele and AI Now Institute advisor Frederike Kaltheuner, who argues Europe's dependency problem runs deeper than frontier model access.", "body_md": "When was published in June, it set off an immediate debate in Brussels and beyond. The fictional near-future scenario authored by a group of AI researchers argues that Europe risks economic and political irrelevance if it fails to compete at the frontier of AI development. Within days of its release, the United States government ordered Anthropic to restrict access to its most advanced AI models for non-US users—an event the report had projected for 2029, underscoring the potential threat.\n\nIn this episode, Tech Policy Press Deputy Editor **Ramsha Jahangir** is joined by *Europe 2031* co-author **Maximilian Negele** and AI Now Institute advisor **Frederike Kaltheuner**, an author of a __ three-part series__ for Tech Policy Press that argues Europe's dependency problem runs deeper than frontier model access, to debate what Europe is actually getting wrong, and what it would take to change course.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/is-europe-getting-ai-wrong", "canonical_source": "https://techpolicy.press/is-europe-getting-ai-wrong", "published_at": "2026-07-12 11:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-12 11:46:21.808252+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Anthropic", "Maximilian Negele", "Frederike Kaltheuner", "Ramsha Jahangir", "Tech Policy Press", "AI Now Institute"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/is-europe-getting-ai-wrong", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/is-europe-getting-ai-wrong.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/is-europe-getting-ai-wrong.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/is-europe-getting-ai-wrong.jsonld"}}