The enforcement of the EU’s 2024 AI Act, which mandates that companies take measures to avoid losing control of their models, “is not on the level [where] we would like to have it,” he added. The comments shine the spotlight on the European Commission’s Artificial Intelligence Office, which was put in charge of enforcing the […]
Continue ReadingPressed on whether he had any principled objection to the technology, he declared, “I’m quite willing and happy to learn,” he added. “I feel it’s my moral duty also to use it so that I have personal experience, and I hope it helps me with my work.” Speaking on the fringes of Axel Springer’s WELT AI […]
Continue ReadingIn der EU geht es um Aufträge, die einen erheblichen Teil der Wirtschaftsleistung ausmachen. Von Windparks bis hin zu Stahl und Zement für den Bau von Autobahnen und U-Bahnen. Deutschland, das Exportkraftzentrum der Union, dringt auf eine breiter angelegte „Made with Europe“-Definition. Dies entspricht auch weitgehend dem ursprünglichen Vorschlag der Kommission. Er sieht die Aufnahme […]
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Continue ReadingHowever, the best-ever political doodler is surely South Korean lawmaker Yoo Young-ha, who was caught sketching a gorilla on his laptop during a parliamentary audit session in 2025. To be clear, there wasn’t a gorilla in the parliament for a life-drawing session (and, at the time of writing, my suggestion to release large primates into […]
Continue ReadingTech billionaire and artificial intelligence investor Peter Thiel criticized Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, accusing the pontiff of serving as a “useful idiot for the [Chinese Communist Party]” by calling on world leaders to regulate AI. During an interview with Mathias Döpfner, CEO of POLITICO’s parent company Axel Springer, the PayPal co-founder said the pope’s […]
Continue ReadingMetsola said the bloc had taken a similarly strong and self-confident stance in the crisis around Trump’s threats to annex Greenland at the beginning of 2026, and also when von der Leyen last week invited Canada to become an associate member. But despite strong ties with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and his country, crucial […]
Continue ReadingMélenchon is among the front-runners in next spring’s high-stakes presidential election to replace Emmanuel Macron, according to polls. He and far-right rival Marine Le Pen both want Paris to pull back from the military alliance, raising alarm bells at NATO headquarters about France’s future defense policy. Leaving NATO is a matter of “dignity” given U.S. […]
Continue ReadingThe fire broke out in the village of Wola Krobowska, 50 kilometers south of Warsaw. It didn’t cause significant damage and there were no injuries. Poland’s counterintelligence agency, ABW, and the police are investigating the incident. Operated by the state-owned telecoms company Exatel, the station links Starlink satellites to terrestrial internet networks. Together with a […]
Continue ReadingGill declined to share details on the content of the diplomatic talks but said “there are strong voices — also there — that believe any proposed ban of this nature would be a very bad idea indeed.” The EU’s imports of U.S. diesel have increased in recent months, and the bloc currently imports some 57 percent of […]
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