09 Oct 2025
The European Commission has launched the 'Apply AI' strategy, a €1 billion initiative designed to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across ten strategic sectors, including healthcare, pharmaceuticals, energy, mobility, manufacturing, construction, agri-food, defence, communications, and culture. The strategy is intended as the deployment counterpart to the EU’s AI Act and further details key announcements made in the EU’s AI Continent Action Plan published on 9 April 2025. It is part of broader EU efforts to strengthen digital sovereignty and reduce dependence on non-EU technology providers.