Data Economy 2.0: From Big Data Value to AI Value and a European Data Space

AbstractArtificial intelligence (AI) has a tremendous potential to benefit European citizens, economy, environment and society and already demonstrated its potential to generate value in various applications and domains. From a data economy point of view, AI means algorithm-based and data-driven systems that enable machines with digital capabilities such as perception, reasoning, learning and even autonomous decision making to support people in real scenarios. Data ecosystems are an important driver for AI opportunities as they benefit from the significant growth of data volume and the rates at which it is generated. This chapter explores the opportunities and challenges of big data and AI in exploiting data ecosystems and creating AI value. The chapter describes the European AI framework as a foundation for deploying AI successfully and the critical need for a common European data space to power this vision.