📉 Europe Eases AI Rules to Keep Up

In today’s email:

🇪🇺 France made a big AI power move—investing billions to lead Europe’s tech race. But will it be enough to compete globally?

✨ Living Intelligence is the next evolution of AI—think digital chameleons that sense, adapt, and evolve.

🧠 Is AI making us dumber? A new study suggests that relying too much on AI could weaken our critical thinking.

Intrigued? Keep scrolling!

🇪🇺 France Leads EU AI Push

France just threw a massive AI party in Paris, and what is the big takeaway? Regulation is so last season. Instead of worrying about red tape, European leaders are now laser-focused on throwing big money at AI to catch up with the global race.

Here’s the deal:

• Macron announced €109 billion in AI investments, plus a new €150 billion EU AI Champions initiative.

• The EU’s once-strict AI Act? Now, it’s all about being “innovation-friendly” (translation: let’s not scare off tech giants).

• LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman chimed in, saying Europe needs to stop obsessing over avoiding every possible AI hiccup—because innovation is messy.

But not everyone’s popping champagne:

• Some experts think some regulation could help businesses, not hinder them.

• Concerns about intellectual property, creativity, and sustainability? Not exactly front and center.

• A “global public interest partnership” was announced to promote AI for good, but with just $2.5 billion over five years, it’s more of a side dish than the main course.

Bottom line? Europe is betting big on AI, and Macron wants to make France the cool kid in the AI playground. But will it work?

✨Living Intelligence: AI Glow-Up You Didn't See Coming

Think AI is the future? Think again. The real future is something even wilder—Living Intelligence. This isn’t just smarter AI; it’s AI that senses, learns, adapts, and evolves like a digital chameleon. Three big tech forces power it:

The Holy Trinity of Living Intelligence:

1. AI – The brain (but, supercharged).

2. Advanced Sensors – The senses (tracking everything from your heart rate to your mood).

3. Bioengineering – The muscle (think computers made of actual brain cells—yep, that’s happening).

Why This Matters:

Companies that only focus on AI will get steamrolled by this tech wave. Instead, Living Intelligence will:

• Revolutionize retail – Predicting exactly what customers want before they even know.

• Upgrade healthcare – Moving from treatment to prevention using real-time health tracking.

• Rethink materials – Bioengineered fabrics and eco-friendly production could replace traditional supply chains.

TL;DR If AI was the warm-up, Living Intelligence would be the main event.

🧠 AI Might Be Making Us Dumb

Is AI making us dumber? Well… kinda, but not exactly. A study from Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon looked at how people use AI at work and whether it’s turning our brains into mush.

Here’s the gist:

• When we rely too much on AI, we stop flexing our critical thinking muscles.

• Instead of analyzing and creating, we check whether AI’s output is “good enough.”

• If AI messes up, and we’re out of practice thinking for ourselves, we’re in trouble.

The study surveyed 319 people who use AI at work. They mostly use it for:

• Creation (e.g., writing emails)

• Information (e.g., summarizing articles)

• Advice (e.g., making charts, asking for guidance)

While 36% of participants did put in effort to double-check AI, many didn’t fully understand AI’s limitations. And funny enough, those who were super confident in AI actually used less critical thinking than those who trusted their own judgment.

So, does AI make us dumb? Not directly. But if we let AI do all the thinking, we might forget how to do it ourselves.

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