The European Commission's €30 billion AI gigafactory tender, opened on 30 July, can fund useful compute but is insufficient for a continental AI strategy, according to an analysis by an unnamed author…
The European Commission has opened a tender to fund up to seven AI gigafactories across Europe, aiming to build sovereign AI infrastructure and reduce reliance on foreign suppliers. The initiative, an…
The European Commission has opened a call for tenders for up to seven AI 'gigafactories' across the bloc, a €30bn push to reduce Europe's dependence on US and Chinese computing power. Up to €10bn will…
The European Union plans to invest €10 billion in seven AI gigafactories, each housing over 100,000 advanced AI processors, as part of a broader €20 billion allocation from the InvestAI Facility annou…
The European Union on Thursday launched a €30 billion initiative to build seven massive AI data centers, called gigafactories, aiming to boost Europe's competitiveness in artificial intelligence. The …
The European Commission has launched a call for tenders to publicly finance up to seven AI gigafactories in Europe, aiming to build sovereign infrastructure to train advanced AI models by mid-2028. Br…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's State of the Union address in September is under preparation, with officials scrambling to ensure she has substantive policy announcements. The EU'…
US President Donald Trump confirmed that Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Washington on September 24, with artificial intelligence expected to dominate the talks. Trump made the announcement on…
Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch told G7 leaders on June 17 that France's cheap energy gives it a competitive edge in the AI race, but warned Europe must direct its low-cost electricity into large languag…
Incoming UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who will replace Sir Keir Starmer on July 20, is expected to favor homegrown AI over US-centric policies, but faces immediate challenges from planning disputes…
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…
Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch told G7 leaders that France's cheap energy gives Europe a competitive edge in the AI race, but warned that without a system to direct low-cost electricity into European la…
The European Union has finalized major revisions to its AI Act, postponing high-risk AI rules until 2027-2028 and exempting industrial applications, while keeping the timeline for general-purpose AI m…
French President Emmanuel Macron urged the US to grant broader access to Anthropic's AI models, following a US order to block foreign nationals from accessing them. G7 leaders discussed a "trusted par…
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…
The European Commission announced the European Technological Sovereignty Package, a plan to reduce the EU's reliance on foreign tech in semiconductors, AI, cloud, and open source. The package includes…
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…
Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) nations are convening in Évian-les-Bains, France, from June 15 to 17 for the 52nd G7 Summit, focused on global economic stability, international security, and the fu…