"Innovation Brake" & "Toxic"
SAP & Siemens Demand
Complete Restart for AI Laws
Bombshell in the European tech scene: SAP and Siemens CEOs Christian Klein and Roland Busch demand a radical reform of EU AI legislation. The AI Act is an innovation brake and the Data Act is "toxic". Europe risks losing ground.
1. Frontal Attack on Brussels: "Can't Go Full Speed"
In a sensational interview with the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung", SAP CEO Christian Klein and Siemens CEO Roland Busch demanded a fundamental overhaul of European AI legislation. In their view, current rules, particularly the AI Act, hinder innovation and weaken Europe's position in global competition.
Siemens CEO Busch found clear words: The AI Act is one of the reasons "why we can't go full speed here". He criticized that the laws sometimes contradict each other and overlap with existing regulations. He even called the Data Act, which regulates the use of corporate and consumer data, "toxic for the development of digital business models".
2. Why a Delay Is Not Enough
The demand from the two DAX corporations goes far beyond the desire for a mere delay, as more than 40 other European companies recently formulated in an urgent letter to the EU Commission. Roland Busch explained that he deliberately did not sign this letter "because it didn't go far enough for me".
It's not about suspending the law for two years and then implementing it unchanged. "In the meantime, we need to substantially change the law", is the clear demand from the Siemens CEO. A simple moratorium would not solve the fundamental problems of the regulation.
3. Europe's Blind Spot: Data Instead of Data Centers
A key point of criticism is Europe's strategic direction. SAP CEO Christian Klein urgently warned against blindly copying the US strategy of massive investment in infrastructure and data centers. "So far, no AI customer project of ours has failed due to a lack of data center capacity", Klein emphasized.
The Untapped Data Treasure
The Real Problem: Lack of Data Access
Both CEOs agree: Europe's true capital lies not in computing power, but in data. "We're sitting on a data treasure in Europe, but we can't tap into it yet", says Busch. Instead of pouring billions into hardware, Europe urgently needs to reform its restrictive data rules to unlock this potential.
The demand is clear: Before investing in expensive infrastructure, a regulatory framework must be created that facilitates and promotes the use of data for developing AI models. Anything else, says Busch, is "putting the cart before the horse".
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