The EU faces a delicate balancing act: encouraging AI adoption across the public and private sectors without funding a wave of "AI-washing" projects that promise innovation but deliver little, as happened with EU-backed schemes in the past.
EU invests €36.8M (€18.4M direct) in three GenAI projects to accelerate adoption across public administrations by 2029-2030. Risk: AI-washing without oversight; tech sovereignty via EU open-source models and infrastructure essential vs. ChatGPT/Copilot reliance.
By Egle Markeviciute, EU Tech Loop with Euronews
Published on
04/08/2026 - 7:00 GMT+2
The EU has recently announced three new AI projects — Floods and droughts, Eunomia.AI and EuropAI — that aim to support the uptake of Generative AI in public administrations across the EU.
The total funding for the projects comes to €36.8 million, of which €18.4 million is provided directly by the EU. The final outcomes of these projects are expected by 2029-2030.
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