{"slug": "ai-fears-grow-as-von-der-leyen-takes-the-stage", "title": "AI fears grow as von der Leyen takes the stage", "summary": "European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is delivering her annual State of the European Union address, with plans to limit children's social media access and the challenges posed by the artificial intelligence industry expected among the biggest topics, alongside migration, climate and defense. Host Zoya Sheftalovich reported from the European Parliament in Strasbourg ahead of the speech, with a snap analysis to follow once von der Leyen finishes. The address is von der Leyen's biggest set-piece speech of the year.", "body_md": "Listen on\n\nCommission President Ursula von der Leyen is giving her State of the European Union address this morning … her biggest set-piece speech of the year.\n\nHost Zoya Sheftalovich is at the European Parliament in Strasbourg with her ears to the ground, trying to figure out which hot-button issues we can expect to hear about.\n\nTwo of the biggest topics we’re almost sure she is going to talk about are plans to limit social media access for children and the challenges posed by the artificial intelligence industry. These issues, alongside migration, climate and defense are all likely to feature in the top-secret speech — oh, and the Commission president’s surprise guests, of course.\n\nWe’ll be back later today after the speech is over to give you a snap analysis of everything that Ursula von der Leyen talked about.\n\nOur [audience survey](https://politico.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_38kLwuTrfsvRrtI?Invite%20Source=Pod) is still live — we’d love to hear what you think about the pod.\n\nQuestions? Comments? Let us know on our WhatsApp [here](https://api.whatsapp.com/send/?phone=32491050629&text=Hey+Zoya+and+crew%21+&type=phone_number&app_absent=0) or at +32 491 05 06 29.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-fears-grow-as-von-der-leyen-takes-the-stage", "canonical_source": "https://www.politico.eu/podcast/brussels-playbook-podcast/ai-fears-grow-as-von-der-leyen-takes-the-stage/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication", "published_at": "2026-09-16 04:05:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-16 04:09:22.368735+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy"], "entities": ["Ursula von der Leyen", "European Commission", "European Parliament", "Zoya Sheftalovich", "State of the European Union"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-fears-grow-as-von-der-leyen-takes-the-stage", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-fears-grow-as-von-der-leyen-takes-the-stage.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-fears-grow-as-von-der-leyen-takes-the-stage.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-fears-grow-as-von-der-leyen-takes-the-stage.jsonld"}}