EU Tech Policy Addressing hardware gaps is only one part of Europe’s defence challenge Europe lacks sovereign hyperscale cloud-computing capacity and its armed forces remain dependent on the major US commercial vendors for these services. The approach to delivering this capability across Europe and within NATO has been uncoordinated so far. As European nations seekContinueContinue reading “AI Geopolitical Economy #2536 – Technology GAP in European Defence, US Oligarchy dinner, Harmful content measures, and Shanghai Summit”
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Trump threatens EU tech regulation, China’s new rare minerals regulation, and lessons from the dot-com era | AI Geopolitical Economy #2535
EU Tech Policy Macron wants EU to target US Big Tech after new Trump tariff threat French President Emmanuel Macron has told his ministers that the European Union should consider retaliatory measures against the U.S. digital sector after President Donald Trump threatened additional tariffs over tech regulation and taxes, according to a senior French government official. “TheContinueContinue reading “Trump threatens EU tech regulation, China’s new rare minerals regulation, and lessons from the dot-com era | AI Geopolitical Economy #2535”
AI Geopolitical Economy #3325 – US tracks AI chips and imposes export taxes on NVIDIA
EU Tech Policy Why the EU needs to go hard on quantum computing software Experts, investors, and policymakers are increasingly paying attention to the code locked inside quantum computers – technology that could one day break cryptographic algorithms rapidly and upend the world’s digital systems as we know them. Though an array of developers across EuropeContinueContinue reading “AI Geopolitical Economy #3325 – US tracks AI chips and imposes export taxes on NVIDIA”
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”
Algorithmic amplification, platform power, freedom of speech, and tech oligarchs
Image credit: bruxconference2025.com Today’s post reports on the afternoon panel of the conference “The Perfect Storm: A time of truth for Europe?” that took place in Brussels, on 30 January 2025. The panel, titled “Algorithmic amplification, platform power, freedom of speech, and tech oligarchs” was composed by: Frank McCourt, Project Liberty Renate Nikolay, DG Connect,ContinueContinue reading “Algorithmic amplification, platform power, freedom of speech, and tech oligarchs”
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