Artificial intelligence

Which companies are ahead in frontier innovation on critical technologies? Comparing China, the European Union and the United States

In this paper, we study who is engaging in frontier innovation in AI, semiconductors and quantum computing in China, the US and the EU

Alicia García-Herrero, Michal Krystyanczuk and Robin Schindowski

Radical novelties in critical technologies and spillovers: how do China, the US and the EU fare?

In this paper we analyse the evolution of frontier innovation in quantum computing, semiconductors and artificial intelligence in China, US and EU

Alicia García-Herrero, Michal Krystyanczuk and Robin Schindowski

The geopolitics of artificial intelligence after DeepSeek

DeepSeek’s emergence points to a split into competing US and Chinese AI worlds, making for a tough choice for Europe

Alicia García-Herrero and Michal Krystyanczuk

The EU vs. Big Tech: Regulating for innovation and sovereignty

How should the EU regulate Big Tech and Artificial Intelligence?

Rebecca Christie, Aura Salla and Fiona M. Scott Morton

Catch-up with the US or prosper below the tech frontier? An EU artificial intelligence strategy

This Policy Brief explores why EU AI investment has fallen behind the US and the types of market failure that may have led to that situation

Bertin Martens

The tension between exploding AI investment costs and slow productivity growth

This working paper explores the tension between rapidly increasing artificial intelligence investment costs and the slower pace of productivity growth

Bertin Martens

Memo to the commissioner responsible for research and innovation

Reinhilde Veugelers

Why artificial intelligence is creating fundamental challenges for competition policy

This Policy Brief examines competition-reducing market-entry barriers in each segment in the AI value chain

Bertin Martens

A dataset on EU legislation for the digital world

J. Scott Marcus, Kamil Sekut and Kai Zenner

Research, innovation and data: a fifth freedom in the EU single market?

Research and innovation should be at the top of the EU economic policy agenda, but cannot over-rely on public investment

Bertin Martens

Zooming in on the US-China tech rivalry

A comparative exploration of US-China innovation frontiers

Alicia García-Herrero, Paul Triolo and Yuyun Zhan

Inclusive digital economy: a round-up of project research

The rise of automation, remote employment and a diversifying workforce will necessitate a shift in how we interact with new technology

Rebecca Christie

Economic arguments in favour of reducing copyright protection for generative AI inputs and outputs

The licensing of training inputs slows down economic growth compared to what it could be with competitive and high-quality GenAI

Bertin Martens