The next chapter for AI in the EU

要点回顾：

• 推出新的计划，为全欧洲 20,000 家中小企业（ SMEs ）提供 AI 技能培训
• 向 NGO 提供 €500,000 资助，支持青少年安全与福祉研究
• 通过 OpenAI for Europe 与各国政府拓展更多合作方式

今天， OpenAI 发布了其 “ EU Economic Blueprint 2.0 ”，公布了欧盟 AI 使用的新数据，并提出一系列旨在加速 AI 在欧洲普及的举措，目标是让个人、企业和国家充分把握这一变革性技术带来的机遇。

其中包括与 Booking.com 合作推出的、面向全欧洲 20,000 家中小企业的 AI 能力提升计划；一项 €500,000 的青年安全资助，用于支持欧盟范围内关于青少年在线安全与身心健康的研究；以及通过 “ OpenAI for Europe ” 为各国政府在国家级 AI 优先事项上提供更多合作渠道。

消解欧洲的“AI 能力过剩差距”

Blueprint 提供了 OpenAI 关于欧洲日益扩大的“ AI 能力过剩差距（capability overhang）”的新数据——即前沿 AI 系统的能力与个人、企业和国家实际采用该技术的程度之间的差距。这个差距决定了个人、公司与国家能否参与到“智能时代”，若不加以应对，生产力提升可能只集中在少数国家、行业和企业，其他主体将被落下。

全球范围内，典型的“高级用户”使用的 thinking capabilities（衡量模型为回应用户查询所投入努力程度、反映使用深度）是典型用户的 7 倍。在 ChatGPT 使用量最高的 70 多个国家中，领先国家的人均 thinking capabilities 是落后国家的约 3 倍。

OpenAI 的新数据还显示，欧盟整体的人均 thinking capabilities 比全球其他地区高出约 17%。但各成员国之间差异显著：使用最集中的国家比使用最少的国家约高 40%，且仍有九个欧盟国家低于全球平均水平。

OpenAI 认为，能力过剩差距是欧洲未来面临的主要挑战：那些有策略提升 AI 利用率的国家，将更有可能让本国民众参与到 AI 驱动的全球经济中。Blueprint 向政策制定者提出了多项建议，包括建立国家层面的 AI 教育框架、可流通的 AI 技能认证体系，以及在国家和行业层面对采纳与使用情况进行量化衡量以监测进展。

推出 SME AI 加速器

除了向政策层提出建议外， OpenAI 也承诺在实务层面做出努力以缩小差距。根据 Eurostat 的数据，2025 年小型企业的 AI 采纳率为 17%，而大型企业为 55%。为缩小这一落差， OpenAI 与 Booking.com 合作推出了 SME AI Accelerator，目标是帮助来自各行各业的 20,000 家中小企业提升生产力并借助 AI 实现业务增长。

该计划将在法国、德国、意大利、波兰、爱尔兰和英国六国开展，面向所有行业的小企业主和团队开放，包括没有技术背景的人员。关于线下工作坊和将在 OpenAI Academy 提供的在线培训课程的具体安排， OpenAI 将在适当时机公布更多细节。

支持负责任的 AI 采纳

推动采纳的同时，信任仍是 AI 在欧洲成功的前提。 OpenAI 是首家签署 EU 的 “ AI Act Code of Practice ” 的美国 AI 实验室，并持续在安全方面投入。为下一代在 AI 日益融入日常生活的环境中成长，建立信任尤为重要。

为加强本地青年组织、独立研究者与 AI 开发者之间的协作， OpenAI 推出了一项 €500,000 的青年安全资助项目（ Youth Safety Grant Program ），支持从事儿童保护、数字福祉以及基于证据的青少年在线安全研究的更广泛社区。有关详情及申请方式， OpenAI 在其网站上提供了说明。

在欧洲扩展国家层面合作

OpenAI 表示也愿意在国家层面助力各国缩小能力差距。迄今为止， OpenAI 已在欧洲与政府和合作伙伴就一系列 AI 优先事项展开合作——从德国的主权基础设施项目和 “ Stargate Norway ”，到在教育中实现全国范围的 AI 可及性、加速初创企业，以及在爱沙尼亚、希腊、爱尔兰和斯洛伐克等国支持技能发展项目。

2026 年， OpenAI 会通过 “ OpenAI for Europe ”（基于 “ OpenAI for Countries ” 的地区化方案）扩大工作范围——以支持更多欧洲政府在推进国家 AI 优先事项时的政策领域。新的举措将聚焦教育与医疗、AI 技能培训与认证、灾害响应与备灾、网络安全，以及初创企业加速器等方向。

“ EU Economic Blueprint 2.0 ” 阐明了欧洲在 AI 领域夺取领先地位的路径， OpenAI 表示期待与各方合作，将这一抱负转化为切实影响。完整报告可在 OpenAI 发布的报告中查阅。

Key takeaways:

• New program to train 20,000 SME across Europe with AI skills
• €500,000 NGO grant to support research into youth safety and wellbeing
• More ways to partner with governments through OpenAI for Europe

OpenAI is today launching its EU Economic Blueprint 2.0—with new EU AI usage data and a set of initiatives designed to accelerate adoption of AI across Europe to ensure people, businesses and countries seize the full opportunity of this transformative technology. 

That includes a new program to train 20,000 SMEs across Europe with AI skills, supported by Booking.com; a €500,000 NGO grant to support EU research into youth safety and wellbeing; and more ways for governments to partner with OpenAI on national AI priorities through the OpenAI for Europe initiative.

Ending Europe’s AI capability overhang

The Blueprint shares new data from OpenAI on Europe’s growing AI capability overhang—the gap between what frontier AI systems can do and how people, businesses and countries are using the technology. This capability overhang, ultimately, is about the opportunity for individuals, companies, and countries to participate in the Intelligence Age. Left unaddressed, it risks concentrating productivity gains in a small number of countries, sectors, and firms, while others fall behind.

Worldwide, the typical power user uses 7x more thinking capabilities—a measure of the amount of effort the model uses to respond to user queries, reflecting usage depth—than the typical user. And across more than 70 countries with the highest ChatGPT users, leading countries use 3x more thinking capabilities per person than users in lagging countries. 

OpenAI’s new data reveals the EU uses 17% more thinking capabilities on average than the rest of the world. However, there are big differences between Member States, with the most intensive country using approximately 40% more thinking capabilities than the least, and nine EU countries still fall below the global average.

We see the capability overhang as the primary challenge for Europe moving forward: the countries that have a strategy to better utilize AI will be the nations that ensure that their people have the opportunity to participate in an AI global economy. The Blueprint includes recommendations for policy makers to act including the introduction of national AI-in-education frameworks, a portable AI skills accreditation scheme, and measurement of adoption and usage at national and sector levels to monitor progress. 

Introducing the SME AI Accelerator

Beyond recommendations to policy makers, OpenAI is also committed to doing its part to close the gap. According to Eurostat⁠, in 2025, AI adoption among small businesses stood at 17%, compared with 55% among large enterprises. To help close that gap, OpenAI is launching a new SME AI Accelerator in partnership with Booking.com to help 20,000 SMEs from across the economy boost their productivity and grow their businesses with AI. 

The program will be delivered across six countries—France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Ireland, and the UK—and is open to small business owners and teams across all sectors, including those with no technical background. We will share more detail about the in-person workshops and virtual training sessions hosted on OpenAI’s free AI learning platform, OpenAI Academy⁠, in due course.

Supporting responsible AI adoption

Alongside adoption levers, trust remains a precondition for AI’s success in Europe. OpenAI was the first U.S. AI lab to sign the EU’s AI Act Code of Practice and continues to invest in safety. Building trust is also essential for the next generation growing up in a world where AI is increasingly part of everyday life. 

To strengthen collaboration between local youth organizations, independent researchers, and AI developers, OpenAI is launching a €500,000 Youth Safety Grant Program to support the broader community working on child protection, digital wellbeing, and evidence-based approaches to youth online safety. Find out more and how to apply, here⁠.

Expanding our country level partnerships in Europe

At OpenAI, we are keen to do our part to help countries close their capability gap too. Across Europe, we have already worked with governments and partners on a broad set of AI priorities—from sovereign infrastructure initiatives in Germany and Stargate Norway, to nation-wide access to AI in education, accelerating startup, and support skill-development programs spanning Estonia and Greece through to Ireland and Slovakia.

In 2026, we will expand our work through OpenAI for Europe, a regional adaptation of our OpenAI for Countries initiative—so more European governments are supported across additional policy areas as they pursue their national AI priorities. This will include new initiatives focused on education and health, AI skills training and certifications, disaster response and preparedness, cybersecurity, and startup accelerators.

The EU Economic Blueprint 2.0 sets out how Europe can lead in AI, and we look forward to working together to turn that ambition into impact. Read the full report here⁠.

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