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The European Commission has opened seven calls worth €63.2 million under the Digital Europe programme in efforts to support the adoption and deployment of artificial intelligence in health and online safety.
Of the total amount, €9 million will go to AI-powered image screening in medical centres: €24 million will stimulate digital health services and systems; €12.5 million will fund trainings for advanced digital skills; €8.5 million will finance innovative digital solutions to reduce regulatory burdens on companies; €6 million will boost research on online information integrity; €1.8 million will support Digital Europe’s dissemination and exploitation activities; and €1 million will set up a European Digital Infrastructure Consortium support hub.
“These calls contribute to achieving the ambitions of the Commission's AI Continent Action Plan and Apply AI Strategy,” the Commission says.
The call will close on October 1.
More details here.
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