{"slug": "ai-is-becoming-a-geopolitical-weapon-warns-eu-digital-chief", "title": "AI is becoming a geopolitical weapon, warns EU digital chief", "summary": "Henna Virkkunen, the European Union's digital chief, warned that artificial intelligence is becoming a geopolitical weapon and urged Europe to avoid relying on an unpredictable Washington for strategic capabilities.", "body_md": "# AI is becoming a geopolitical weapon, warns EU digital chief\n\nSource:\n\n[Financial Times Technology](https://www.ft.com/technology)Europe needs to avoid relying on an unpredictable Washington for strategic capabilities, says Henna Virkkunen\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-is-becoming-a-geopolitical-weapon-warns-eu-digital-chief", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/ai-is-becoming-a-geopolitical-weapon-warns-eu-digital-chief-ajto", "published_at": "2026-07-21 04:00:10+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-21 05:33:58.849372+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Henna Virkkunen", "European Union"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-is-becoming-a-geopolitical-weapon-warns-eu-digital-chief", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-is-becoming-a-geopolitical-weapon-warns-eu-digital-chief.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-is-becoming-a-geopolitical-weapon-warns-eu-digital-chief.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-is-becoming-a-geopolitical-weapon-warns-eu-digital-chief.jsonld"}}