As debate con­tin­ues over how tight­ly arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence (AI) should be reg­u­lat­ed in Europe, the Euro­pean Com­mis­sion is mov­ing ahead with prac­ti­cal fund­ing mea­sures. Through sev­en calls under the Dig­i­tal Europe Pro­gramme, it has opened a €63.2 mil­lion pack­age to sup­port AI in health­care, advanced dig­i­tal skills, and online safe­ty. The ini­tia­tive aligns with the EU’s broad­er ambi­tion to accel­er­ate adop­tion under its AI pol­i­cy agen­da while main­tain­ing a strong reg­u­la­to­ry framework.

For med­ical device and dig­i­tal health stake­hold­ers, the mes­sage is clear: Brus­sels is not only writ­ing rules, but also invest­ing in the capa­bil­i­ties need­ed to make AI work­able in real set­tings. The fund­ing sup­ports the EU’s push to become a lead­ing AI mar­ket and to encour­age organ­i­sa­tions to con­sid­er AI as a prac­ti­cal solu­tion when design­ing ser­vices, sys­tems, and pol­i­cy responses. 

The fol­low­ing fields are funded:

Source: Medtech Insight (an Infor­ma product)

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