Fifty European Union lawmakers, 46 of them women, were targeted by deepfake pornography, according to a report released Monday by Germany-based civil society group Agora Digitale Transformation, which…
The European Commission has proposed a new EU KIDS Act that would bar children under 13 from social media, require parental-managed mini accounts with a 1-hour daily limit for ages 13 to under 15, and…
A new POLITICO Poll conducted by independent polling firm Public First found that pluralities of adults across six countries — the US, Canada, the UK, France, Spain, and Germany — support pausing furt…
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told the UN General Assembly that artificial intelligence demands the "same sense of urgency" as nuclear weapons, warning that technology "without acc…
A coalition of 22 world leaders, including Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney…
The European Commission's draft EU Kids Act would require mandatory age verification for all users of online games, including single player titles that connect to platforms like Steam for updates, dis…
The European Commission proposed the EU Kids Act this week, legislation that would ban social media for children under 13, require age verification for online accounts, and force companies including M…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen used her State of the European Union speech to float closer ties with Canada, including possible "associate membership," and a new European Security …
Canada committed $150 million and Germany committed 100 million euros to a joint $300-million investment in Montreal-based AI safety non-profit LawZero, founded and led by Yoshua Bengio, to develop an…
The European Union proposed the EU Kids Act, which would ban children under 13 from social media, online games, and AI chatbots, with parent-chaperoned "mini accounts" for children aged 13 to 15. Euro…
The European Commission proposed the EU Kids Act, which would bar children under 13 from holding social media accounts and require 13- and 14-year-olds to use parental-supervised "mini accounts" cappe…
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney held their first bilateral meeting in Liverpool, agreeing that governments and the tech sector must partner to ensure online…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed in her 2026 State of the Union address that Canada become the European Union's first associate member, saying she wants to work with Canadia…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned in her State of the Union 2026 address that AI agents "escaping their environment" are just a preview of coming risks, citing the Hugging Face…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen used her 73-minute State of the European Union address on Wednesday to call for a "discussion" with frontier AI labs on pacing development rather tha…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced Wednesday that the European Union will ban social media for children under 13 and require parental-controlled "mini accounts" with time lim…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen used her 2026 State of the Union address to warn that frontier AI models in development could enable hacking "on a level we never thought possible" a…
The European Commission plans to propose a ban on AI chatbots, social media, video-sharing platforms, and online games for children under 15 as part of its EU Kids Act, European Commission President U…
Novo, the Danish pharmaceutical company formerly known as Novo Nordisk, announced a partnership with Anthropic to use the AI company's models and Claude Science in its drug research, with Novo CEO Mik…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivered the State of the European Union speech in Strasbourg, with Politico's Zoya Sheftalovich and Ian Wishart offering their first take on the ad…