[Linkpost] “President of European Commission expects human-level AI by 2026” by sanyer
On May 20, during her speech at the Annual EU Budget Conference 2025, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, stated:
When the current budget was negotiated, we thought AI would only approach human reasoning around 2050. Now we expect this to happen already next year. It is simply impossible to determine today where innovation will lead us by the end of the next budgetary cycle. Our budget of tomorrow will need to respond fast.
This is remarkable coming from the highest-ranking EU official. It suggests the Overton window for AI policy has shifted significantly.
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First published:
May 20th, 2025
Linkpost URL:
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_25_1284
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