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Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on Artificial Intelligence for Europe.

In May 2017, the Commission published its mid-term review of the Digital Single Market strategy. It highlighted the importance of building on Europe's scientific and industrial strengths, as well as on its innovative start-ups, to be in a leading position in the development of AI technologies, platforms, and applications.The European Council of October 2017 stated that the EU needs a sense of urgency to address emerging trends such as AI "while at the same time ensuring a high level of data protection, digital rights and ethical standards" and invited "the Commission to put forward a European approach to artificial intelligence". The European Parliament made wide-ranging recommendations on civil law rules on robotics and the European Economic and Social Committee has also issued an opinion on the topic.The initiative has the following objectives:- Boost the EUs technological and industrial capacity and AI uptake across the economy, both by the private and public sectors;- Prepare for socio-economic changes brought about by AI;