Juliana Michelon

AI Geopolitical Economy Week #3225

Tech Policy EU EU rules on general-purpose AI models start to apply, bringing more transparency, safety and accountability The AI Act obligations for providers of general-purpose AI (GPAI) models have entered into application across the EU. To assist providers, the Commission published guidelines clarifying who must comply with the obligations. GPAI models are defined asContinueContinue reading “AI Geopolitical Economy Week #3225”

EU enforces AI Act for general-purpose models

The AI Act obligations for providers of general-purpose AI (GPAI) models have entered into force on 2 August across the EU.The Commission’s GPAI guidelines and endorsed Code of Practice offers a compliance path, but scrutiny will be high for non-signatories. The debated FLOP threshold (i.e., computational power used to train AI, measured in floating pointContinueContinue reading “EU enforces AI Act for general-purpose models”

AI Geopolitical Economy Week #3125

The week opened with movement on Europe’s new AI rules. Google confirmed that it will sign the EU’s voluntary code of practice for general‑purpose AI models. Microsoft’s Nanna-Louise Linder, VP of European Government Affairs, shared a post on her LinkedIn account that the company has signed the code to build trust and demonstrate “compliance withContinueContinue reading “AI Geopolitical Economy Week #3125”

Unpacking the US AI Action Plan

On July 30, 2025, Gregory C. Allen, Senior Adviser at CSIS Wadhwani AI Center, sat down with Michael Kratsios, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, to unpack the details of the new U.S. AI Action Plan. The discussion opened with reflections on the Trump administration’s immediate efforts to overhaul existingContinueContinue reading “Unpacking the US AI Action Plan”

AI Geopolitical Economy Week #3025

This week’s newsletter reports on the accelerating intersection of technology, politics, and global power across Europe, the US and China. In Europe, the publication of the new AI Act guidelines spurred controversies with tech giant Meta refusing to sign the voluntary conduct (though Open AI and Mistral agreed to adopt). Meanwhile in the US, TrumpContinueContinue reading “AI Geopolitical Economy Week #3025”