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European Commission asked by 73 scientists to withdraw 'AI hype' statement

( November 10, 2025, 11:36 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Seventy-three scientists from Europe, the UK and North America asked the European Commission’s President Ursula von der Leyen to withdraw a statement claiming AI would reach human-level reasoning by next year. The claim relied on tech CEOs’ marketing rather than scientific evidence, the specialists said in an open letter published by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties on Monday. Such “AI hype” risks driving harmful policy changes, they said. Von der Leyen made the claim in her speech at the annual EU budget conference in May.Statement follows, open letter attached. ...

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