{"id":48996,"date":"2026-01-21T11:42:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T03:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/?p=48996"},"modified":"2026-01-21T11:42:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T03:42:30","slug":"%e8%b0%b7%e6%ad%8c%e5%89%8d-ceo-%e6%96%bd%e5%af%86%e7%89%b9%ef%bc%9a%e6%ac%a7%e6%b4%b2%e8%a6%81%e4%b9%88%e6%8a%95%e8%b5%84%e5%bc%80%e6%ba%90-ai%ef%bc%8c%e8%a6%81%e4%b9%88%e4%be%9d%e8%b5%96%e4%b8%ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/48996.html","title":{"rendered":"BEFORE GOOGLE CEO SCHMIDT: EUROPE EITHER INVESTS IN OPEN SOURCE AI OR DEPENDS ON THE CHINESE MODEL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>21 JANUARY, ACCORDING TO BLOOMBERG, BEFORE GOOGLE CEO, TECH INVESTOR ERIC SCHMIDT<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/tag\/eric-schmidt\" title=\"[See article with [Eric Schmidt] label]\" target=\"_blank\" >Eric Schmidt<\/a>This post is part of our special coverage Syria Protests 2011<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/tag\/%e6%ac%a7%e6%b4%b2\" title=\"[See articles with [European] labels]\" target=\"_blank\" >Europe<\/a>We have to invest in building our own<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/tag\/%e5%bc%80%e6%ba%90\" title=\"[View articles tagged with [open source]]\" target=\"_blank\" >Open Source<\/a> AI LABORATORIES, AND SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF SKYROCKETING ENERGY PRICES<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/tag\/%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd\" title=\"_Other Organiser\" target=\"_blank\" >China<\/a>The model creates dependence\u3002<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48997\" title=\"99222068dj00t973lj00cod000r300f9p\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/9922068dj00t973lj00cod000r300f9p.jpg\" alt=\"99222068dj00t973lj00cod000r300f9p\" width=\"975\" height=\"549\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Schmitt said on Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos: \u201cIn the United States, businesses are largely turning to closed sources, which means that these technologies will be purchased, authorized, etc. At the same time, China ' s approach is largely open-minded and open-source. Unless Europe is willing to invest heavily in its own model, it will eventually use the Chinese model.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Currently, many popular AI models are closed-source, such as Google Gemini and OpenAI ChatGPT, which means that these companies will not provide the outside world with a bottom code for download or review. While this approach provides users with a smoother and more uniform use experience, it is usually more costly and less flexible. China is a leader in the development of so-called \u201copen weight\u201d models, which are more transparent\u3002<\/p>\n<p>IN ORDER TO BE COMPETITIVE IN THE GLOBAL COMPETITION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONGER AI MODELS AND SMARTS, EUROPE ALSO NEEDS TO ADDRESS HIGH ENERGY PRICES AND BUILD MORE DATA CENTRES THAT CAN BE USED TO TRAIN THESE TECHNOLOGIES. SCHMIDT HAD CO-FOUNDED A DATA CENTRE COMPANY TO ADDRESS THE HUGE ENERGY NEEDS OF SUCH INFRASTRUCTURE. HE ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE IMPACT OF AI DEVELOPMENT ON ELECTRICITY SUPPLY IN THE UNITED STATES\u3002<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 21st, according to Bloomberg, prior to Google CEO, Eric Schmidt, a technology investor, stated on Tuesday that Europe must invest in building its own open-source AI laboratory and solve the problem of soaring energy prices, otherwise it would soon find itself dependent on China\u2019s model. Schmitt said on Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos: \u201cIn the United States, businesses are largely turning to closed sources, which means that these technologies will be purchased, authorized, etc. At the same time, China ' s approach is largely open-minded and open-source. Unless Europe is willing to invest heavily in its own model, it will eventually use the Chinese model.\u201d At present, many of the popular AI models are closed-sourced, like Google Gemi<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[146],"tags":[4968,4159,219,499],"collection":[],"class_list":["post-48996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-eric-schmidt","tag-4159","tag-219","tag-499"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48996\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48996"},{"taxonomy":"collection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collection?post=48996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}