Ursula Von der Leyen wants AI to cut how often EU businesses report the same data

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Ursula von der Leyen wants companies in the EU to provide officials with the same details just once, with AI helping public bodies use them. The European Commission president made the pitch on Monday, Politico reported, citing a copy of her speech.

She spoke at a closed-door gathering of the European People’s Party, her centre-right political group, in Taormina, Sicily.

Businesses waste time reporting the same details again and again to different authorities, Ursula von der Leyen argued, and neither they nor Europe can afford that.

“And this is why we will introduce ‘Only Once’, to report data only once – and with the help of AI the administration will ensure efficient use,” she said, according to Politico.

It is the first time she has openly proposed using AI to lighten the paperwork companies face.

The idea of reporting only once is not new, though, as the Commission already...

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