#Politics
Posts tagged #Politics – 23 posts.
- AI-Economy
UAE invest 40 billion euros in German AI data centers
The United Arab Emirates pledge Germany new investments of 40 billion euros during the state visit of President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed on September 10 and 11, 2026. The money is to flow into data…
- Security
Anthropic grants Enisa access to cyber model Mythos 5
The EU cybersecurity agency Enisa has been testing Anthropic's model Mythos 5 since September 10, 2026, for its capabilities in detecting and exploiting software vulnerabilities. This was confirmed…
- AI-Policy
Google shows AI answers less frequently in elections
The organization AlgorithmWatch has, for the first time, systematically examined how Google deploys its AI overviews around Germany's three state elections. Based on 4,480 search queries, the study…
- Legal
EU Commission classifies ChatGPT as a large search engine
The EU Commission classifies ChatGPT as the first AI application under the strictest supervision category of the Digital Services Act, with Reddit and Roblox receiving the same status as particularly…
- Security
AISI Germany: Institute examines the safety of AI models
Germany has launched a new authority for the safety of Artificial Intelligence with AISI Deutschland. The institute began its work on August 31, 2026, in Berlin and consolidates the competencies of…
- AI-Economy
Schwarz Group Builds €5.6 Billion AI Data Center Near Rostock
Retail group Schwarz is building an AI data center worth up to €5.6 billion in Dummerstorf near Rostock. By 2033, the site is set to reach 240 megawatts of connected capacity, with a later expansion…
- AI-Economy
Bill Gates on AI jobs: no plan, and a 19% entry-level gap
Bill Gates published a roughly 6,000-word essay on August 26 — and its sharpest number is this: workers aged 22 to 25 in heavily AI-exposed occupations already face a 19 percent employment gap, per…
- AI-Policy
Wildberger lowers Germany's AI target to third place
Digital Minister Karsten Wildberger formulated a new interim goal for German AI policy on August 25, 2026, during the cabinet retreat of the federal government in Neuhardenberg: third or fourth place…
- AI-Policy
Federal Government Eases Reporting Obligations for Data Centers
Germany's state data center register remains full of gaps: more than half of the reporting operators have not submitted consumption data for 2025. At the same time, the federal government wants to…
- AI-Policy
Germany brings AI law for asylum procedures to Bundestag
The Federal Cabinet approved the draft for an AI Migration Management Act at the end of July, which allows the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) and the immigration authorities to use…
- Research
Bremen hosts IJCAI-ECAI: first time in Germany in 43 years
Bremen will host the IJCAI-ECAI from August 15 to 21, 2026, one of the oldest and most significant AI conferences. After the last German edition in 1983 in Karlsruhe, around 4,000 researchers from…
- AI-Economy
Germany raises AI Gigafactory funding to one billion euros
The federal government is increasing its funding commitment for a German AI gigafactory by around 200 million to one billion euros. This was announced by the Federal Ministry of Research according to…
- Society
Berlin Police Launches AI Surveillance at Kottbusser Tor
The Berlin police will launch their first AI-supported behavior recognition system in public spaces at Kottbusser Tor in August 2026. Cameras automatically analyze movement patterns of passersby and…
- Legal
EU AI Regulation: Labeling Requirement for AI Content Starts
As of today, August 2, two independently enacted but deliberately simultaneous labeling obligations for AI content take effect in the EU and California. In the EU, violations of Article 50 of the AI…
- AI-Economy
EU tenders seven AI gigafactories worth 30 billion euros
The EU has opened its call for up to seven AI gigafactories. Consortia and special purpose vehicles can bid until November 12, 2026, with selection due in early 2027. Investment of more than 30…
- AI-Policy
EU forces Google to open Android for AI rivals
The EU Commission mandates Google to open Android for competing AI assistants like ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity. The binding directive from July 16, 2026, is based on the Digital Markets Act and…
- Legal
Google: Media supervision classifies AI search as content provider
The Commission for Licensing and Supervision of the State Media Authorities (ZAK) issued decisions against Google and Perplexity for the first time on July 14, 2026, classifying their AI search…
- AI in Practice
ChatGPT Returns to WhatsApp: Free Access Across the EU
Since July 13, 2026, ChatGPT works again directly inside WhatsApp – with no extra app needed. An order from the European Commission forces Meta to reopen the messenger to outside AI chatbots. The…
- AI in Practice
ChatGPT Is Back on WhatsApp in the EU Since July 13
ChatGPT can be used directly inside WhatsApp again as of this week, with no extra app required. This is possible thanks to an order from the EU Commission forcing parent company Meta to reopen the…
- AI-Policy
Apple Intelligence remains blocked in the EU for the time being
With iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, several central AI features from Apple remain unavailable in the European Union for the time being. Apple confirmed this in an official statement in the Apple Newsroom on…
- AI
Germany's biggest AI missteps: asleep and scattered
Germany has not failed at a single point in artificial intelligence – it has become entangled over the years in a chain of decisions, the consequences of which are now, in mid-2026, clearly visible…
- Geopolitics
The Vise Closes: AI Control Becomes an Arms Race
According to Reuters, China held talks in June 2026 with Alibaba, ByteDance, and Z.ai about export controls for its advanced AI models. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce is discussing restricting the…
- AI
EU AI Act: AI transparency obligations apply from August 2, 2026
As of August 2, 2026, binding transparency obligations for Artificial Intelligence will apply throughout the EU. The basis is Article 50 of the AI Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689), which has…
