Voluntary commitment, international guard rails, AI pact and AI law – politicians are currently quite active when it comes to drafting rules for artificial intelligence. But how do the various projects interact and which initiatives make sense at all?AI Pact and AI Act apply in the EUThe EU’s AI Act is the most concrete and […]
The AI Act is a highly political dossier. Now it turns out it is also a highly emotional dossier. Ahead of the decisive vote in the plenary of the EU Parliament, it once again looks as if the compromise could fall through. The vote is scheduled for Wednesday.The trigger is again the dispute over the […]
Cartels are a profoundly unfair thing. Like corruption, they lead to customers having to pay higher prices for products than is actually necessary. And yet sometimes there is a tiny bit of fascination mixed in with the disgust: How could the cartel members manage to keep their mouths shut for so long? Why did no […]
EU Vice-President Věra Jourová sees defending freedom of expression as the EU’s job. “But when it comes to the production of AI, I don’t see a right to freedom of expression for the machines“, Jourová said Monday at the launch of a toughened EU code of conduct against disinformation. Signatories “should introduce technologies to detect […]
Single Market Commissioner Thierry Breton is apparently determined to complete the Data Act in the next four weeks. “We have made great progress on the Data Act,” Breton told digital ministers at the Telecommunications Council in Luxembourg on Friday. He thinks only one more trilogue at the end of June will be necessary. Thus, the […]
Yesterday and today, the transport and digital ministers of the EU met in Luxembourg. Volker Wissing was in demand on both days due to his portfolio. The topics discussed at the Transport Council yesterday ranged from cross-border exchange of traffic fines to the Euro 7 emission standards. Lukas Scheid has more information.Today, the Council will […]
A unitary patent system has been in force in the EU since June 1. It provides a one-stop shop for filing and enforcing patents across much of the EU. The Unitary Patent System means lower costs, less paperwork and less administrative burden – especially for SMEs. However, only 17 EU member states are participating in […]
A new start for transatlantic trade relations – the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) was supposed to be nothing less than that, ever since it was founded in 2021. But the most important German business associations already see the platform at a crossroads: The past third ministerial meeting (TTC3) fell short of expectations and […]
The European Investment Fund (EIF) is investing €60 million of equity in the Alpine Space Ventures Fund (ASV). This was announced by the EU Commission on Thursday. The Munich-based venture capitalist specializes in the New Space sector. The fund also received support from InvestEU, the European space initiative Cassini, and the German government’s European Recovery […]
The European Union and the United States want to align their approach to foreign investment in sensitive technologies. The goal, they say, is to prevent “the capital, expertise and knowledge of our companies from supporting the technological progress of strategic competitors in a way that endangers national security“. That’s according to a draft of the […]