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Why Europe’s AI Future Isn’t in Cars, It’s in Chips
How TechAltar correctly identified Europe’s investment challenge but completely missed where its competitive edge.
A few weeks ago, The Friday Checkout (TechAltar), in its Nebula Q&A received a question: “Do you think Europe will be able to catch up with AI?” His response was, in short, “no AI, Europe should invest in the automotive industry,” but I believe that he was wrong. It turns out that yes, Europe should invest in AI. But, not as we generally understand it.
The Friday Checkout and the Q&A
Every Friday, with admirable rigor, TechAltar presents the week’s news on his side-channel The Friday Checkout. This channel is also available on Nebula, and in line with other channels, through Nebula they provide additional content not available on YouTube. In this case, The Friday Checkout does a Q&A at the end, responding to some of the questions they receive from their audience.
The questions are very diverse, like the one from December 6, 2024, about whether Intel’s CEO should resign, or the one from January 10, 2025, about whether AI generators would contaminate YouTube. But, it turns out, being a Europe-based channel, it often focuses on its own perspective, so, it also answers…
