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The European Agenda on AI: state of the art

Artificial Intelligence is one of the most strategic and horizontal instruments for innovation in many industrial activities. The European Union and all the Members States are putting a lot of effort in its standardization as wide range of different types of AI can be distinguished.
This is why AI applications are currently being implemented across a range of European industries, facing different barriers to adoption. The barriers are diverse and can be identified as endogenous on one hand with cultural resistance, lack of clear leadership, lack of knowledge and talent and financial consideration. On the other hand, as exogenous due for example to lack of venture capital funding, lack of data availability.