Europe must build its own AI or risk being cut off, says ECB’s Lagarde
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Christine Lagarde framing AI as a strategic dependency — warning Europe could be cut off and leveraged against in trade — elevates ‘sovereign AI’ from slogan to macro risk. European operators should map where their AI stack relies on non-EU vendors and prepare for policy nudges toward local models, data centers, and clouds.
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