The summit comes against the backdrop of a scandal engulfing Nvidia over former CEO Jensen Huang's alleged affairs with a woman accused of spying for China. (EPA Images pic)DUBLIN: EU leaders will discuss artificial intelligence together for the first time in Dublin on Friday in critical talks that will further guide the bloc's policy on the rapidly evolving technology.

The EU faces a delicate balancing act: it wants to unlock AI's potential and stay in the race with China and the US but also protect against the risks it poses to citizens and businesses.

The leaders will hear from the head of French AI darling Mistral, Arthur Mensch, as well as Nobel-prize winner and researcher Geoffrey Hinton, widely known as the "godfather of AI".