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Black Forest Labs chief executive Robin Rombach says Europe risks falling further behind the US and China if it approaches AI chiefly through fear of its dangers. He argues that competing in frontier AI takes speed, capital and computing power, and says open-weight models can improve transparency and safety.

Why it matters

Rombach’s view is a founder’s argument, not evidence that open weights settle the safety debate. But it puts a concrete European industrial question on the table: how to support AI development while taking risks seriously. Tech Xplore carried the interview with AFP.

Discuss: Should Europe prioritise building competitive AI companies, or put stronger safeguards in place even if that slows development?

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