The European Union on Thursday issued two new rules forcing Google to share search data and open its Android operating system to rival AI companies, aiming to boost competition and user choice. Henna …
Airbus signed a multi-year partnership with Scaleway, the cloud computing arm of French telecom group Iliad, to build sovereign cloud infrastructure for defense and industrial workloads, migrating rou…
Viavi Solutions received $1.1 million in funding from the European Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) and Horizon Europe to join the Shield-6G project, a $9 million initiative back…
ChatGPT has returned to WhatsApp for users in the European Economic Area after the European Commission ordered Meta to provide free access to third-party AI chatbots on its messaging platform. The res…
The European AI Act imposes new transparency, traceability, and human oversight requirements on high-risk AI systems, particularly in algorithmic hiring, but lacks comprehensive standards for recruitm…
AI safety leaders surveyed at the February 2026 Summit on Existential Security say the main bottleneck to preventing catastrophic AI risk is political will, not research, with a majority of the top 1,…
OpenAI restored ChatGPT on WhatsApp across the European Economic Area on July 13, 2026, after the European Commission issued interim measures on June 9 ordering Meta to restore free access for rival A…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced Monday that an expert report recommending a phased social media ban for minors under 13 will be used to draft a proposal, expected after su…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a law to ban minors from social media across the EU, citing child protection against 'predatory algorithms,' but critics argue the move tar…
The European Commission is considering stationing its officials in EU capitals, speeding up recruitment, and making the institution 'AI-ready' as part of its first comprehensive workplace review in tw…
Meta pulled its Muse Image AI tool from Instagram after three days of backlash over consent, as the feature allowed users to generate images referencing public accounts without opt-in consent. Critics…
The European Commission is investigating Meta for failing to assess risks of addictive design on user wellbeing, while Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg reported that AI-driven feed improvements increased time…
Meta launched Muse Image, an AI image-generation tool integrated into Instagram and WhatsApp, which by default allows users to generate images from public Instagram accounts via @ mentions, sparking b…
The European Commission endorsed on July 9, 2026 a voluntary Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-generated content as an adequate tool for complying with AI Act Article 50 labeling and marking obli…
A new survey from infrastructure specialist Onnec warns that Europe's sovereign AI ambitions could be undermined by data centre limitations, including power availability, planning delays, and supply c…
The European Commission ruled on July 8 that the Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-generated content meets the obligations under the EU AI Act. The AI Board adopted its adequacy assessment the ne…
Apple Inc. lost a European Union court fight to prevent its App Store and iPhone operating system from being subject to the bloc's Digital Markets Act. The EU's General Court upheld regulators' design…
French startup ZML announced a partnership with Scaleway, VSORA, and the Île-de-France region at VivaTech to build a European AI stack independent of Nvidia. ZML's open-source inference software compi…
The European Commission launched a targeted consultation on safeguarding the EU's data sovereignty, seeking input from data value chain actors on barriers to data access and risks from third-country a…
The European Commission unveiled a plan on July 7, 2026, to address risks and opportunities of advanced AI in cybersecurity, including evaluating AI models, testing AI for security, and scaling EU AI …