The European Commission is working on a new law zeroing in on licensing content for training AI, aiming at making sure creatives get paid while AI developers should get easier access to copyrighted material. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...

Meta has paused a fee it charged competitors for offering their chatbots on WhatsApp. The step is meant to allow time for talks with the European Commission in an ongoing competition investigation. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/meta-pa...

Several EU capitals today put more weight behind reforming EU copyright rules for the AI age. Henna Virkkunen, for her part, said she was open to new measures for a “flourishing licencing market”, with first steps “very soon”. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/spain-l...

The @ec.europa.eu's #EUInc proposal is based on a bit of legal innovation to be ambitious and have a shot at passing. But this has also raised eyebrows in Council, with several capitals calling for an in-depth legal analysis. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/eu-inc-...

The @ec.europa.eu today put out draft guidance for the EU’s rules on AI transparency. Here are some of the less serious highlights:

Euractiv has obtained a document setting out the position with which Council went into tonight’s crunch trilogue talks on AI simplification. Machinery would be exempt from most of the AI Act, but some rules would still apply. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/what-eu...

Is anyone sticking around to follow this - hopefully last - trilogue session on the AI simplification package live today? Let me know if yes and if there's interest, I'll try to provide updates as they come in.

EU capitals in a surprise move seem ready to accept cutting the AI Act’s rules for machinery – a big win for German chancellor Friedrich Merz. Talks with Parliament could seal a deal later today if lawmakers accept limited victory. Read my article at @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/council...

What would you do with a few hundred million to fund AI for the common good? We sat down with Ayah Bdeir, who’s currently giving her take on that question as CEO of Current AI – a non-profit backed by several EU governments. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/inside-...

Next shot at getting a deal on AI simplification is set for Wednesday. Capitals will earlier that day discuss – again – how far they’re willing to go to meet Parliament, with a partial cut to industrial AI rules back on the table. Read my article at @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/capital...

Socialist and Green lawmakers are taking square aim at the EPP over tonight’s failed AI talks – not only within Parliament, but also in Berlin and in the Berlaymont. The Greens are even speaking of a “German EPP coup”. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/greens-...

A letter obtained by Euractiv suggests that German chancellor Merz is not only going against Council with his push to cut EU industrial AI rules, but also against his own coalition partner in Berlin. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/merzs-c...

Talks on AI simplification collapsed during the night, with Council and Parliament unable to agree on cutting rules for industrial AI. Council offered some concessions which EPP, right-wing groups and part of Renew did not accept. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/epp-blo...

The talks on the AI omnibus have finished without result, several sources tell me. A next session could take place in around two weeks.

In case you missed it: I wrote up a short introduction into how China regulates AI. Turns out, China manages to be the world’s second-most important tech hub even while putting strict rules on its companies. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/chinas-...

I took a deep dive into the rules of worldwide trade to figure out whether Europe should prepare to face digital tariffs around the globe after recent failed WTO talks. For now, it seems that not everything needs to be a crisis. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/why-eur...

Looks like Tuesday’s trilogue session on the AI simplification package could be an interesting one. Capitals yesterday again opposed outright cuts to industrial rules, while some lawmakers are digging in on calling for them. Read more in @euractiv.com’s The Hack: www.euractiv.com/news/the-hac...

René Repasi will hold the pen on EU Inc in Parliament, as he did for the body’s own-initiative report on the topic. The Social Democrat has said he considers the proposed rules on how much of a say workers would get “insufficient”. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/rene-re...

The EU is set to officially respond to the #StopKillingGames initiative in June, said a preliminary agenda on Wednesday. How exactly it will answer to the campaign asking for more consumer protections for gamers remains to be seen. Read my article at @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/eu-will...

It’s not only capitals that are again busy hashing out what exactly they want to do with the EU’s industrial AI rules. Parliament is also back at it again, as lawmakers discuss how much to push the issue in hunting a compromise. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/parliam...

Three more countries on Monday joined Spain in opposing large cuts to EU rules for industrial AI, bringing the total number to six. They’re instead pitching “surgical” changes. Council will weigh its position on Wednesday. Read more in @euractiv.com's The Hack: www.euractiv.com/news/the-hac...

German chancellor Friedrich Merz has thrown his weight behind cutting the EU’s rules for industrial AI. The debate is heating up in the lead-up to a crucial trilogue session next week, with several other countries pushing back. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/merz-pu...

Council has put forward a compromise proposal on the much-discussed cuts to industrial AI rules. The text would give a lot of leeway to the Commission, which would get to decide which rules would be limited for which systems. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/eu-stat...

Few things are as popular in Brussels as making it easier for companies to deal with paperwork – like with the EU’s business wallets. The idea behind these is that companies will be able to interact with authorities digitally and Union-wide.

The EU is set to spend billions of euros on a push to build giant AI compute hubs – the so-called AI gigafactories. But who is supposed to use them? And for what, exactly? Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/eu-reca...

Brussels is in talks with Washington to set up some sort of tech “dialogue” – which could get a say over how EU tech and antitrust rules will get enforced against American companies, according to media reports. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...

A group of European capitals is running a pilot scheme for a European sovereign tech fund. Berlin already has a similar national programme, which supports critical #opensource projects. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/europe-...

A high-profile case of deepfake pornography has led to strong calls for a ban in Germany. The EU already passed a prohibition two years ago, but the country’s implementation will now probably go further. #CollienFernandes Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/germany...

A Dutch court on Thursday ordered Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot to stop generating and distributing “bikini photos”. The ban only applies to people living in the Netherlands and to distributing content in the country, however. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/dutch-c...

The new EU customs authority – key to making EU parcel-checkers fit for the 21st century – will sit in Lille, Council and Parliament decided today. France will get to add another piece to its collection of EU bodies. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/lille-w...

The EU commissioner in charge of the #EUInc says the project needs to get over the line now or risk never happening at all. He also defended it against criticism from trade unions. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/intervi...

The #EUInc will get a European company register after all, according to leaked documents obtained by Euractiv. But it will only be a second step, building on an existing system connecting national registers. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/eu-inc-...

Are you afraid of not knowing what to answer when people mutter gibberish word salad like “EU Inc” or “28th regime” at you? Fear not – I have just the explainer you need. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/eu-inc-...

AI agents are all the rage right now, seemingly on the path towards mainstream adoption – which has already led to some asking whether EU rules need to be updated to keep up with fast-moving tech. Read @claudiemoreau.bsky.social's and my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/could-a...

EU rules for AI in machinery, toys or watercraft could land on the cutting room floor of the ongoing AI simplification package talks. But AI safety and testing groups are warning this could be bad for consumers and for companies. Read my article at @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/not-eve...

Council has adopted its position on the AI omnibus. With Parliament also having reached a political deal, odds are looking up for talks to finish before the August deadline. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/council...

🇫🇷 wants AI gigafactories to test EU tech, not just boost Nvidia 🇵🇱, 🇦🇹 and 🇱🇹 are also keen for the flagship AI infrastructure project to strengthen the bloc's digital resilience - An analysis to read on @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/france-...

We’ve obtained a full draft proposal for the #EUInc. Among other details, it says capitals will be able to decide what rules apply in areas the new EU-wide company form doesn’t cover. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/all-the...

Parliament has a deal (of some sort) on the AI omnibus: Lead lawmakers in principle agreed to both a “pornification” ban and cuts to industrial AI rules at a meeting today. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/lead-me...

There’s a new Council draft on the AI simplification package, which includes a ban on “pornification” AI – but this curiously seems to exclude “bikini” photos such as those generated by Grok in January. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/council...

EXCLUSIVE: I’ve seen a draft legal proposal for the 28th regime, aka #EUInc. Three big takeaways: 1. It sets out a regulation. 2. The draft’s legal basis would only need a qualified majority of EU countries to agree – no need for unanimity.

Europe’s courts have been trying to nail down for some time how exactly AI fits into EU copyright rules. @claudiemoreau.bsky.social and I tried to wrap our heads around where they stand in 2026 – short answer: It’s complicated. Read our article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/why-dol...

No mention of banning “pornification” AI in a new Council text on the AI simplification package, dated today. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/eu-capi...

Both Anthropic and OpenAI said they were defending Americans from the dangers of AI-powered mass surveillance last week. Europeans, of course, are not Americans. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/us-ai-g...

There are a few different ways through which the @ec.europa.eu could try to realise the planned #EUInc – including some innovative ones. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/five-wa...

Even in the few cases where AI developers have published info on what data they used to train their models, as required by EU rules, these summaries were hard to find and to compare, according to @mozilla.org-funded researchers. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/researc...

Rules for industrial AI could be next on the menu in the EU’s push to simplify its tech rules, with lawmakers and capitals already pitching in. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/simplif...

The @ec.europa.eu will not publish guidelines on which AI systems will fall under the AI Act’s high-risk rules by Saturday, a spokesperson confirmed to me. The document was already delayed from the legal deadline of 2 February. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/high-ri...

My colleague @nicolettaionta.bsky.social and I got our hands on the first draft of a controversial EU deal with the United States, which could see American authorities get access to European travellers’ sensitive data. Read our article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...

Agreeing on whether we need to ban “pornification” AI is one thing – but how would such a ban actually work in practice? My colleague @anupriyadatta.bsky.social and me took a long good look at the nitty-gritty details. Read our article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/hey-gro...