what i read this week - week 25 2026
A leaked list exposed members of Peter Thiel's secretive 'Dialog' society, sparking widespread discussion. The EU is using Anthropic's AI to rank job candidates, raising privacy and fairness concerns.…
A leaked list exposed members of Peter Thiel's secretive 'Dialog' society, sparking widespread discussion. The EU is using Anthropic's AI to rank job candidates, raising privacy and fairness concerns.…
The Trump administration ordered Anthropic in June 2026 to cut off foreign nationals from its newest AI models, citing national security concerns, forcing the company to block access broadly. The move…
The European Union has decided not to force publishers to preserve or revive dead video games, rejecting a proposal that would have required them to maintain online functionality after support ends. T…
A European retail association is lobbying for AI-generated advertising to be exempt from the EU AI Act's transparency rules, arguing that labeling all AI-produced commercial content imposes a dispropo…
EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen warned Big Tech that AI data centres are welcome in Europe only if they align with the bloc's climate goals, including using renewable or nuclear power and recycli…
Nobel Prize-winning AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton criticized Elon Musk's xAI and warned of growing risks in AI development, declining an advisory role at the company. Hinton raised concerns about job dis…
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) will meet with Anthropic on June 19, 2026, days after the US Department of Commerce ordered the company to suspend access to its advanced AI models …
The European Union is deploying 19 specialized AI supercomputing hubs under its AI Factories initiative, backed by €10 billion in funding from 2021 to 2027 and an additional €20 billion InvestAI fund,…
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called for deeper US-EU cooperation on artificial intelligence at the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, on June 17, hosting leaders from Anthropic, Ope…
Nvidia opened registration for GTC Berlin, its flagship AI conference in Europe, scheduled for October 20-22 at Tempodrom and STATION-Berlin. CEO Jensen Huang will deliver the keynote, with over 40 se…
ArmorCode announced new Cyber Resilience Act capabilities within its Agentic AI Platform to help manufacturers of products with digital elements comply with the EU's cybersecurity regulation, which wi…
Christian Noyer, a founding vice-president of the European Central Bank, said Europe should deepen ties with China to finance AI and green industries and reduce dependence on US technology. Noyer argu…
The G7 leaders concluded their summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, with agreements on Iran, migration, AI in healthcare, and other issues. They backed the U.S.-Iran nuclear deal, pledged to overhaul de…
The 52nd G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, concluded with no official discussions on cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, or central bank digital currencies, a notable departure from previous years. Lea…
A new Eurobarometer survey reveals that Europeans are increasingly concerned about digital rights, online safety, and disinformation, while showing strong support for EU digital sovereignty and regula…
European leaders will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, days after the U.S. suspended EU access to Anthropic's latest AI models.…
KU Leuven's Centre for IT & IP Law will host a conference on 10 December 2026 in Leuven to examine the risks and opportunities of the EU's Digital Omnibus proposal, which aims to simplify digital regu…
KU Leuven's Centre for IT & IP Law (CiTiP) will host a conference on 10 December 2026 in Leuven to examine the EU's Digital Omnibus proposal and its impact on democracy, digital sovereignty, AI fairne…
France announced an additional €655 million for artificial intelligence, primarily to develop a single sovereign chatbot for its entire civil service of roughly one million employees. The investment, …
The G7 summit in Evian entered its second day with leaders focusing on AI safety, digital security, and online child protection, while cryptocurrency and digital assets were notably absent from the ag…