ChatGPT and other models of generative artificial intelligence (AI) have triggered a wave of fascination in the past year. The algorithms can effortlessly create seemingly plausible content such as images and texts. However, making them available to the public has also brought numerous skeptics onto the scene. What is already a major productivity gain in […]
Zalando is once again taking the European Commission to court under the Digital Services Act (DSA). This time, the company is concerned with the question of how the Commission calculates the supervision fees. “With this lawsuit, we are not challenging the amount of the fee itself, but think that without clear and transparent information about […]
The major online platforms are not providing researchers and civil society groups with the tools and data they need to effectively monitor the impact of advertising on the upcoming European elections. This is the conclusion of a study commissioned by the non-profit Mozilla Foundation from Check First.The advertising transparency tools were tested by eleven of […]
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell has appointed Lutz Güllner as Head of the EU Office in Taiwan. Güllner is currently Head of the Department for Strategic Communication, Task Forces and Information Analysis at the European External Action Service (EEAS). Previously, he was Head of the Communication and Civil Society Dialogue Unit in […]
The White Paper on the Digital Networks Act, which EU telecoms ministers discussed on Friday, will also be discussed today (Tuesday) and on Wednesday at the Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs. Minister Volker Wissing has invited stakeholders to gather their opinions on the future regulation of the telecommunications market in Europe. The consultation launched by […]
At their informal meeting on Friday, the EU telecoms ministers adopted the Louvain-la-Neuve Declaration. It focuses on the security and strategic autonomy of Europe’s digital infrastructure. The ministers recognized the need to keep critical infrastructures primarily under European control – against the backdrop of global tensions and discussions about the use of Chinese technology in […]
The pan-European Volt party nominated two lead candidates at its campaign launch for the 2024 European elections in Brussels on Saturday. The Dutch politician Sophie In ‘t Veld, who is standing for election in Belgium, and Damian Boeselager from Germany were elected. Both are already members of the European Parliament, although In ‘t Veld only […]
The most important thing about the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (EU-US TTC) is that it exists at all, says Bernd Lange (SPD). The Chairman of the Trade Committee in the European Parliament remembers Donald Trump’s time in office when there was a standstill and no official contacts. “I had to meet secretly with my […]
Looking back at the year 2020, Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager sees what the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (EU-US TTC) has achieved in recent years. “Back then, we were on the verge of a trade war over the taxation of digital services. We were facing a potential collapse of transatlantic data flows because we […]
It’s time for the last time before the European elections: The last session week of the European Parliament and the last college meeting are coming up in April. The last EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) is taking place today and tomorrow in Leuven, Flanders. This sixth TTC is so important because it will also […]