New EU watermarking requirements that took effect this month will make it much harder for internet users to hide their use of AI-generated images, videos, and text, potentially upending online engagem…
HateAid, a Berlin-based non-profit, filed a criminal complaint against Meta's smart glasses, arguing the devices breach Germany's strict privacy rules and should be banned. The complaint alleges that …
POLITICO UK tech editor Isobel Asher Hamilton discusses with Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy the AI choices facing the new UK prime minister, including whether Britain should build the next OpenAI or use …
Lawyers for London Mayor Sadiq Khan have accused the Metropolitan Police of breaching procurement rules by working with Palantir Technologies Inc. on a £50 million AI and data analysis contract, which…
The European Commission has launched a hiring call to boost the headcount of its Artificial Intelligence Office, which enforces the EU's new AI rules. The office's power expands on Sunday with the act…
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 …
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'…
Global finance could be in an artificial intelligence overvaluation bubble similar to the dotcom boom and the 2008 financial crisis, Financial Stability Board Secretary-General John Schindler told POL…
The European Union has taken the lead in AI safety regulation as the U.S. and China scramble to respond to a first-ever case of an autonomous AI agent going rogue, which spurred new U.S. congressional…
The Pentagon's leasing of land to private companies for AI data centers is drawing bipartisan scrutiny from lawmakers concerned about impacts on military installations and surrounding communities. Rep…
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…
The European Parliament is developing an internal AI platform, EPGenAI Hub, to give lawmakers and staff access to models from Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic and Mistral, aiming to provide a safer alternative…
France and Germany pledged Friday to explore developing an alternative to military software from U.S. company Palantir, aiming to reduce European reliance on American technology. The two countries sai…
Anthropic is pursuing a state-by-state strategy to encourage increasingly tougher AI guardrails, contrasting with rival OpenAI's push for uniform regulations. Cesar Fernandez, Anthropic's head of U.S.…
European policymakers criticized AI company Anthropic on Tuesday for sending junior technical employee Donny Greenberg, who joined in April, instead of head of public policy Sarah Heck, to address the…
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…
European business leaders must accelerate in four areas—sovereignty, scale, security, and sustainability—to keep pace with rapid AI advancements, according to a reflection on the region's evolving AI …
UK AI Minister Kanishka Narayan said AI and technology will remain a priority under likely next prime minister Andy Burnham, citing meetings with Burnham and Technology Secretary Liz Kendall. Narayan …
The Bank of England warned that a crash in artificial intelligence stocks could plunge the UK into recession, citing a potential 2.2% fall in GDP. Governor Andrew Bailey highlighted risks from overval…