This direction focuses on strengthening the interface between policy, industry and research, creating stronger feedback loops between industrial needs, innovation capabilities, societal expectations and policy objectives. Better alignment is needed to ensure that European policies and investments enable innovation and deployment while maintaining public trust and societal value
- Strengthening cooperation between industry and policy makers, ensuring a closer alignment between policy objectives and industrial needs as an essential aspect to ensure that Europe can effectively scale AI development and deployment.
- Connecting funding, research, and investment mechanisms, to better connect research funding programmes with broader European investments in data and AI. While maintaining strong support for academic research leadership in Europe, funding frameworks should also facilitate the translation of research results into applications and wider adoption across industry and the public sector
- Creating stronger feedback loops between policy and innovation, allowing regulatory and policy developments to better reflect technological and industrial realities while addressing societal expectations and trust