EU aims to further shield own chip and tech sector
The European Commission will publish new measures to further ensure the economic security of the EU. It wants to protect European tech sectors from the influence of other economic powers.
According to Bloomberg, the EC is introducing a list of new measures this week to further ensure the EU's e... Read more
European Commission wants milder cookie requirements with voluntary initiative
The European Commission wants to end the strict cookie notifications that websites within the EU must comply with. Strict legislation does not seem to have the desired effect. A new "cookie-pledge" initiative from the EC should offer change.
The current strict and mandatory cookie notifications ... Read more
No agreement, but EC sticks to introduction of client-side scanning
The European Commission stands by its proposal to introduce client-side scanning to check messages from EU residents. This is despite the fact that no agreement has been reached within the EU for the time being.
According to Swedish EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson, it remains important that the E... Read more
‘European AI start-ups need guidance on how to use supercomputers’
The European plan to give AI start-ups access to supercomputers first appears to face another challenge. It appears the start-ups lack the knowledge to harness the capabilities of a supercomputer.
In September, Europe launched the initiative to make supercomputers accessible for AI start-ups fr... Read more
Figma will not become a part of Adobe: deal terminated
Adobe's acquisition of Figma has been officially terminated. The companies state this is the result of a joint decision. Getting the acquisition past regulators would have proved to be too complicated.
Both the European Commission and the UK market authority are obstructing Adobe's acquisition ... Read more
EU lets AI developers determine whether to comply with strictest AI Act rules
General-purpose AI (GPAI) will have transparency policies imposed within the AI Act. Systems that hold a higher risk will have additional rules imposed on them. It is, however, completely unclear for whom those rules are intended.
The content of the EU AI Act still has to clarify many details. ... Read more
AI Act: OpenAI and Google may not violate copyrights
The contents of the AI Act were officially agreed upon last week. The agreement should clarify more concretely what types of AI are allowed within the EU and in which way. There will be obligations, which are not yet detailed, although it is clear that AI developers such as Google and OpenAI may no... Read more
AI Act: transparency requirements for ChatGPT remain general
Negotiations on the European AI Act would have produced an agreement on the required level of transparency that AI developers must provide in their models. Regarding the use of facial recognition and access to source code, discussions should come to an end today in an additional meeting.
On Wed... Read more
Cyber Resilience Act: manufacturers responsible for open-source code
New obligations must protect laptops, mobile applications and smart devices from online threats. A revision of the act holds the manufacturers accountable for the cybersecurity of their products. On the financial side, manufacturers also seem to be losing out.
The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is ... Read more
Adobe still trying to get Figma acquisition across the line with regulators
Adobe hopes to satisfy regulators in the EU and UK over its acquisition of Figma. For this, the creative software giant would like to overcome regulators' objections.
Adobe has been trying for some time to get permission from the European Commission to acquire Figma. However, the EC recently pre... Read more