EU’s AI envoy tells commissioners to focus on using AI, Politico reports
THE SO WHAT
Brussels shifting the conversation from model races to productivity is a green light for AI adoption budgets inside European enterprises. If you operate in the EU, frame your AI roadmap in terms of measurable output gains and workforce leverage—this is the language regulators and public funders are explicitly asking for.
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