Europe needs open-source to flourish
Europe needs to let its builders build. The bloc’s edge in AI isn’t making frontier models, it’s building on them, and open source is how.
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Responding to critics: What EU Inc. strives for and what it does not
EU Inc co-founder Simon Schaefer says building Europe’s first €1 trillion tech company requires ambitious EU Inc - backed by EU-wide digital registries, free registration, and a unified employee stock option regime.
Simon Schaefer (EU Inc.): What could make or break the EU Inc.
With Simon Schaefer, a co-founder of EU Inc. petition
Price tag of the EU’s Cloud and AI Development Act
The new ECIPE study, commissioned by CCIA Europe, suggests that the transition costs of the EU’s Cloud and AI Development Act are, on average, six times larger than the EU Commission estimates.
Bart de Witte on open source, the AI race, EU simplification & EU Inc.
With Bart de Witte, a leading European voice in healthcare innovation and open source, founder of Hippo AI foundation and Isaree.
State of the Union 2026: the second leg of the AI race and new social media rules for minors
This year's State of the Union address by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, focused on three topics related to the digital policy - AI, social media use for minors, and briefly, addictive design and the upcoming Digital Fairness Act.
Could NVIDIA's purchase of Hugging Face boost AI sovereignty in the EU?
The expansion of the open-source AI ecosystem could be a boon for the EU's efforts to promote tech sovereignty.
French social media bans for minors stalls, but EU-wide decisions don't
The French Constitutional Council has blocked the law prohibiting minors under 15 from using social media and digital services; however, the needle may move in Brussels this fall if the EU member states agree on EU-wide rules that may trump the local law.
Protecting minors online in the EU: hard rules for platforms, soft expectations for parents
As global policymakers rush to regulate online child safety, the focus remains on platform accountability, design, and age-verification solutions. Yet major gaps persist: technical bypasses, data privacy risks, and the missing element of shared parental responsibility.
EU orders Google to share search data with third-parties
The EU has ordered Google to share its search data with rivals by January 2027 under the DMA. But as concerns grow over data privacy and loopholes, a new survey reveals that 71% of Europeans have no idea their data will be shared.
Two thirds of European teenagers do not feel "stressed, sad, or socially excluded" because of social media?
Eurobarometer stats challenge political alarmism over teen social media use: 2/3 don't feel stressed, sad, or excluded; 55% don't compare themselves to others; and 75% haven't encountered problematic content like hate speech online.
EU's Cloud & AI development act met with a mixed reception
The European Commission's goal of tripling the EU’s data center market within 5 to 7 years would not be possible without intrusive market engineering, and CADA does exactly that.
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