According to Cointelegraph, European Union President Ursula von der Leyen announced a new plan to provide artificial intelligence (AI) startups with fast access to European supercomputers. The news was announced in the 2023 EU State of the Union speech on September 13. President von der Leyen called for a new global AI framework based on three pillars: guardrails, governance, and guiding innovation. She also announced an EU-wide initiative to accelerate access to European supercomputers for AI startups that want to conduct model training and research.