Germany is investing 3 billion in deep learning accelerators and all the big automotive companies are investing large amounts aswell. They want to own the supply chain, just as they used to. There are even some army guys sitting in the negotiations (unusual for Germany).
Though I don’t trust this. I guess, this money will be accessible only to companies having dedicated departments writing grants (like the big car companies) and it will be wasted at the end. This country should start immediately increasing salaries in research institutions and stop that nonsense with many many 1 year contracts for scientific staff.
