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Publication of two new EU strategies on AI: Apply AI Strategy and AI in Science Strategy

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In the context of the AI Continent Action Plan[1], the European Commission has published on 8 October 2025 two new strategies on Artificial Intelligence[2].

Apply AI Strategy

The Apply AI Strategy sets out how to accelerate the adoption and integration of AI across key EU industries and the public sector. The strategy outlines concrete measures to be implemented in sectors, such as healthcare, pharmaceuticals, energy, mobility, manufacturing, construction, defence, agri-food, communications and culture, and public administration. A central focus is on supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by addressing their specific needs and helping industries to integrate AI into their activities.

The strategy aims to remove barriers to AI adoption, such as digital skills gaps, data fragmentation and uneven access to computing resources, by reinforcing the AI Skills Academy, expanding Digital Innovation Hubs into local Experience Centers for AI, and launching a Frontier AI Initiative to foster innovation and bring together Europe’s leading AI actors.

To coordinate these efforts, the Commission is launching the Apply AI Alliance, a forum that brings together industry, the public sector, academia, social partners and civil society. An AI Observatory will monitor AI trends and assess sectorial impacts. The overarching goal is to strengthen EU AI sovereignty and encourage an AI first policy as a standard approach, ensuring that more companies and public sector organisations consider the added value of AI in their activities.

AI in Science Strategy

The AI in Science Strategy aims to position the EU as a forefront of AI-driven scientific research and excellence. At its center is RAISE – the Resource for AI Science in Europe, a virtual European institute to pool and coordinate AI resources for developing AI and applying it in science.

Strategic actions under the initiative will include:

  • Excellence and talent: attracting global scientific talent and highly skilled professionals to Europe, 

  • Compute : investing €600 million investment from Horizon Europe[3] to enhance and expand access to computational power for science, particularly for EU researchers and startups,

  • Research funding: increasing funding for AI in science to drive innovation,

  • Data: supporting scientists in identifying strategic data gaps and gathering, curating and integrating the datasets needed for AI in science.

For additional information, you can consult the press release on the European Commission website.

Any company or person interested in sharing its opinion or questions with the Chamber of Commerce on the above-mentioned topics is invited to contact juridique@cc.lu.

[1] The AI Continent Action Plan was launched by the Commission in April 2025, setting a path for Europe to become a global leader in AI.

[2] The Chamber of Commerce refers as a reminder to its legal update published at the time of the announcement of the AI Continent Action Plan and the European Commission’s public consultation launched in regard with the development of the Apply AI Strategy: “L’Europe trace sa feuille de route pour l’IA : plan d’action pour le continent de l’IA et consultations publiques”

[3] Horizon Europe is the EU’s key funding program for research and innovation. Following the Multiannual Financial Framework Midterm Review (MTR) decision, the indicative funding amount for Horizon Europe for the period 2021-2027 is EUR 93.5 billion.