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Europe

AI policy, regulation and innovation in Europe – from the AI Act to the question of digital sovereignty.

The SAP logo and a wolf symbol with the TechWolf lettering are connected by a web of glowing threads that stretches over office figures.

AI-Economy

SAP acquires TechWolf: AI skill data for HR work

3 min

A ChatGPT logo sticker is stuck on a cookie, with threads leading from it to shopping-bag icons in several browser windows, next to a calendar page showing the number 365.

Security

ChatGPT: Advertising cookie tracks users for a year on other sites

3 min

Two interlocking official seal stamps merge over a stylized map outline connecting Europe and North America, with a small research building on a base of stacked file folders in front

AI-Economy

Aleph Alpha merges with Cohere – Heidelberg only research now

4 min

A Firefox fox wearing a Mistral logo badge on its chest shields a browser window showing a glowing padlock icon, with a world map behind it marking France, the USA, and Canada.

AI-Economy

Mozilla launches private AI in Firefox – initially without Germany

3 min

Christine Lagarde stands in front of a map of Europe as a golden stream of coins flows across the Atlantic toward a US server tower marked with stars, leaving an empty data-center outline behind on the European side.

AI-Policy

ECB President Lagarde warns of capital outflow to US AI companies

4 min

A laptop with an Apple logo sticker shows a microphone icon turning spoken words into a corrected business letter on screen.

Practice

Apple Intelligence launches in Germany: better dictation feature

3 min

From the windows of a German office building, glowing circuit vines grow, and in front of it a scale balances between an upward arrow and a warning triangle.

AI-Economy

Bitkom: 57 percent of German companies are now using AI

4 min

An inspector in a blue vest covered in EU stars holds a magnifying glass over two glowing circuit brains bearing Anthropic and OpenAI logo stickers, labeled “Mythos 5” and “GPT-6 Astra”, with a digital padlock opening between them.

Security

Anthropic grants Enisa access to cyber model Mythos 5

3 min

A candidate sits in front of a laptop with a chat speech bubble on the screen, next to it lies an application form with a checkmark next to 'AI skills', in the background a UBS logo sticker hangs on the wall.

AI-Economy

UBS requires AI skills from new bankers starting in 2027

3 min

A magnifying glass hovers over a printed photo, revealing a round seal reading C2PA underneath; in the background, a laptop screen carries an Anthropic logo sticker.

Security

Anthropic launches free checker tool for Claude watermarks

3 min

An EU star-ring stamp presses onto the ChatGPT logo, while smaller Reddit and Roblox logo stickers next to it receive the same stamp imprint, with a scale bearing a paragraph symbol in the background.

Legal

EU Commission classifies ChatGPT as a large search engine

3 min

Wind turbines feed a server cabinet on the Baltic coast, with a circle of stars on the horizon behind it

AI-Economy

Schwarz Group Builds €5.6 Billion AI Data Center Near Rostock

3 min

A robotic arm holds a test tube holder in front of a microscope, next to an Anthropic logo sticker on the workbench and a second robotic arm connected by cable.

AI-Economy

Anthropic opens standard for AI-controlled laboratory robots

4 min

An OpenAI logo sticker sits on a chat speech bubble sprouting small ad billboards, next to a calendar page showing the number 24, surrounded by the stars of the EU flag.

AI-Economy

ChatGPT Ads Arrive in 31 European Countries on August 24

4 min

A lectern stands in front of a stylized outline map of Germany marked at Bremen, surrounded by many small abstract figures streaming in from different directions, next to a large speech bubble with a paragraph symbol.

Research

Bremen hosts IJCAI-ECAI: first time in Germany in 43 years

4 min

A robotic arm with a glued Google logo types code on a keyboard, in front of a door with a blue EU star circle symbol that remains closed.

AI-Models

Google cuts introduction price for Gemini 3.7 Flash by half

3 min

A tree with a Lovable logo sticker on its crown grows from a flowerpot decorated with EU stars, while a watering can pours dollar bills over it.

AI-Economy

Lovable raises $400 million, backed by the EU

3 min

A balance scale balances two data centers in front of a geometric map of Europe made of circuit lines, above it a lightning symbol and a contract document with a checkmark for an availability guarantee

AI-Economy

Mistral offers corporate clients guaranteed EU data processing

3 min

A quill writes text whose ink only becomes visible under a blue light band; next to it a round seal reading C2PA is stuck onto a photo, with an Anthropic logo sticker in the background.

Legal

Anthropic equips Claude responses with invisible watermark

3 min

A guardian robot with a Mistral logo examines floating text and image tiles with a magnifying glass, with a single graphics card sitting in an open computer case in the background

Security

Mistral Releases Shieldstral: AI Guardian for a 16-GB Graphics Card

3 min

A round inspection seal reading “AI" is stamped onto a photo, surrounded by a ring of EU stars and the silhouette of a California bear.

Legal

EU AI Regulation: Labeling Requirement for AI Content Starts

3 min

Hall of a European AI data center with long rows of illuminated GPU server racks and an EU flag on the far wall

AI-Economy

EU tenders seven AI gigafactories worth 30 billion euros

4 min

Microsoft Vice President Brad Smith and Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch seal the expanded AI partnership in front of a European data center

AI-Economy

Microsoft invests billions in Mistral's expansion in Europe

3 min

Symbolic depiction of an Android smartphone with AI assistant app icons and an EU star circle in the background in front of the European Commission

AI-Policy

EU forces Google to open Android for AI rivals

4 min

Smartphone showing WhatsApp with a ChatGPT contact on a café table in a European old town, cappuccino beside it.

Practice

ChatGPT Returns to WhatsApp: Free Access Across the EU

3 min

Technicians in cleanroom suits at a wafer fabrication tool bearing the Intel logo.

AI-Economy

Intel Invests €5 Billion in AI Chip Plant in Ireland

3 min

Abstract illustration of a mobile robot with a single camera following a glowing navigation path through an office corridor

AI-Models

Mistral introduces Robostral Navigate: Robotics with a camera

3 min

Abstract illustration of a smartphone over a stylized EU map silhouette, separated by a geometric light barrier

AI-Policy

Apple Intelligence remains blocked in the EU for the time being

4 min

Abstract geometric illustration: a closed safe, connected by a thin data line to a distant tower, in contrast to a closed data cycle, symbolizing data control in closed versus open AI models

AI

Mistral CEO Mensch warns against closed AI models

4 min

Photorealistic depiction: in an empty Berlin exhibition hall, a technician on a lift removes a banner reading "GITEX AI Europe"; the Berlin radio tower is visible in the background.

AI

GITEX AI Europe in Berlin Ends After Just Two Editions

4 min

Photorealistic depiction: an EU commissioner holds up a document reading "EU AI Act – August" in front of the European flag, with journalists and microphones before her.

AI

EU AI Act: AI transparency obligations apply from August 2, 2026

6 min