European Union: European Commission adopted European Strategy for Artificial Intelligence in Science

On 8 October 2025, the European Commission (EC) adopted the European Strategy for Artificial Intelligence in Science- Paving the way for the Resource for AI Science in Europe (RAISE). The strategy sets out a coordinated European approach to accelerate the uptake of artificial intelligence (AI) across all scientific disciplines, focusing on building leading European AI scientific models, addressing fragmentation of research resources, and securing access to computational capacity, datasets, and research talent. It establishes RAISE as a virtual European institute pooling compute, data, excellence, and funding, with dual objectives of advancing AI technologies for science (“science for AI”) and applying AI to scientific discovery (“AI in science”). The Strategy is financed primarily under Horizon Europe, with over EUR 8 billion already invested since 2021 and an additional EUR 1.6 billion allocated in the 2025 Work Programme, alongside future funding under the next Multiannual Financial Framework. The document introduces measures on excellence and talent, including RAISE Doctoral Networks, compute through AI Factories and Gigafactories, data integration via the European Open Science Cloud, funding incentives to double AI-related investment by 2028, and structured governance linking Member States, the private sector, and the European AI Office.