AI startup urges optimism from Europe despite safety fears

AI startup urges optimism from Europe despite safety fears

"I think the mindset in Europe needs to shift to one of optimism and to one of opportunity, and not to one of risk and fear," Robin Rombach, CEO of German AI image generation specialist Black Forest Labs, told AFP. Europe lags behind the United States and China when it comes to cutting-edge AI models. Policymakers and firms have been scrambling to find ways to make up lost ground. But the debate has shifted to safety in recent weeks, after secur…