Tallinn summit hears that Europe is slow while AI agents move fast

At the Tallinn Digital Summit on Thursday, 5 November, two panels looked at Europe and AI agents. One panel found that Europe is too slow to keep founders and money. The other examined if tests can keep up with agents. Mario Nava of the European Commission told that Europe cannot wait for a disaster before it makes rules for AI.

Founders leave

Clark Parsons told of a Berlin AI company in which Parsons is an investor. It is incorporated in Estonia, but it moved to Delaware in the US for its US investor. Estonian minister Liina Vahtras tells that EU Inc., a company type for all of the EU, loses parts at each step. On 23 October, EU governments agreed to limit stock option rules to firms below 750 employees and 150 million euros.

Trust in agents

Udbhav Tiwari of Signal tells that agents can continue to be tested. Stuart Russell tells that the field tests them incorrectly. Freddy Dezeure of Microsoft tells to use an agent as an employee, and give it a description of its task.

What is not known

The source does not tell if the committee of the EU Parliament had its vote on EU Inc. on 5 November. It gives no test data for agents.

Insight: Estonia wants to write the first rules

Vahtras tells that a group of about 10 countries can start a full EU Inc. without the other countries. Estonia also has a plan for a law for a registry of AI agent codes, and Cybernetica tells that it is dangerous. This reads as a move to write the first rules, where a small group sets the standard that other countries then use. Monitor which standard the first group selects.