US Vice-President JD Vance was clear in his speech at the AI Action Summit in Paris. “I’m not here this morning to talk about AI safety, which was the title of the conference a few years ago. I’m here to talk about AI opportunities,” said Vance. In particular, he spoke about AI opportunities in the […]
At the AI Action Summit in Paris, Europe is trying to show that it too is investing heavily in artificial intelligence. President Emmanuel Macron announced a total of €109 billion in private investment in AI in France over the coming years. The investments include €20 billion from the Canadian investment company Brookfield and potential financing […]
The two-day AI Action Summit in Paris, which begins today, Monday, will focus on how AI can be used profitably. One focus is on open source systems and clean energy to power data centers. Other topics include mitigating job losses and promoting sovereignty in a global AI market. In contrast to previous summits, the creation […]
The Commission has published guidelines on the definition of AI systems. They are intended to facilitate the application of the rules of the AI Act by helping providers and other relevant stakeholders determine whether a software system is an AI system.The guidelines on the question of what constitutes AI systems are twelve pages long. In […]
Anyone interested in the race for artificial intelligence and the optimal rules for AI will be looking to Paris these days. This is where French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting the AI Action Summit. The focus is on the question of how solutions and standards can be developed to ensure that artificial intelligence serves the […]
First, the USA is making a splash with the USD 500 billion Stargate program. Then China shakes up the stock markets with its sophisticated AI model DeepSeek – and where is Europe? At the AI Action Summit, which will take place in Paris at the beginning of next week, experts from politics, business, science, and […]
Every day, twelve million parcels with goods worth less than EUR 150 reach Europe’s borders. According to the Commission, this is twice as many as in 2023 and three times as many as in 2022. Last year, a total of 4.6 billion shipments entered the EU duty-free. The enormous growth in imports brings with it […]
70 percent of Europeans regularly buy products online. All too often, they discover after buying that their supposed bargain is of poor quality or even counterfeit. Today, Digital Commissioner Henna Virkkunen intends to present a communication on e-commerce. In it, she wants to present a comprehensive toolbox on how to overcome the challenges posed by […]
The bans from the AI Act have been in force since Feb. 2. But which artificial intelligence technologies are now banned and where are the limits? The EU Commission published guidelines on Tuesday to clarify how the bans are to be applied in practice. The guidelines are not legally binding, but are intended to ensure […]
The first bans from the AI Act came into force on February 2, 2025. These include the use of AI systems for subliminal manipulation, social scoring based on the Chinese model and the use of biometric remote identification in real time in public spaces, apart from a few clearly defined exceptions. These measures are right […]