germany's industrial powerhouse siemens just slammed the EU for its regulatory mess and moved its AI division to seattle instead of staying home. ceo roland busch called out the data act and ai act as completely nonsensical, noting that while europe drags through rule-making, models advance six- to eightfold faster. he insists this is why we always lag behind. honestly, i'm with him on this one. it makes you wonder if doing serious ai work in europe is even viable anymore. mistral was basically the only major player trying to go all-in on european ai development before they threw in the towel. now they've pivoted entirely to hosting chinese models instead.