By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Europe has been conspicuously absent from high-level talks about how to use artificial intelligence safely, despite crafting the world’s first comprehensive set of rules to govern the technology. The irony underscores how far Europe has fallen behind the United States and China in the AI race. Although Europe took the lead on AI regulation years ago, it has fewer frontier models, data centers and big tech companies to compete on an equal footing with its larger trading partners. “Europe is at acute risk of marginalization on the global stage because of the extraordinary…