Tag: European Union

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Microsoft Cloud keeps personal data within the EU: is it enough?

Microsoft Cloud keeps personal data within the EU: is it enough?

A new update from Microsoft should reassure European cloud users. From now on, all personal data will be within the "EU Data Boundary for the Microsoft Cloud", consisting of all EU and EFTA countries. Is that enough to keep data secure? Microsoft makes a number of concrete promises to all Europe... Read more

date2 months ago
OpenAI’s new Dublin office does not resolve any privacy concerns

OpenAI’s new Dublin office does not resolve any privacy concerns

OpenAI recently opened an office in Dublin. In doing so, it intends to control European data through its new Irish subsidiary OpenAI Ireland Limited. It's a move that has pleased EU regulators before, but doesn't resolve any privacy concerns. With OpenAI Ireland Limited, there's now a European e... Read more

date3 months ago
No agreement, but EC sticks to introduction of client-side scanning

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

date3 months ago
President Biden asked to take action against EU Digital Markets Act

President Biden asked to take action against EU Digital Markets Act

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives reportedly asked President Biden to take action against the EU's Digital Markets Act. In the eyes of the MPs, the European regulations would particularly disadvantage American tech companies. In a letter to the Biden administration seen by Reuters, me... Read more

date3 months ago
Threads, Meta’s competitor to X, now also available in Europe

Threads, Meta’s competitor to X, now also available in Europe

Meta Platforms has also made its social media platform Threads available in Europe since Thursday. Whether the platform will become an X-killer in this region, remains to be seen. Threads was previously launched by Meta in the U.S. as a potential competitor to Elon Musk's X and founded by Meta t... Read more

date3 months ago
AI Act: OpenAI and Google may not violate copyrights

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

date4 months ago
AI Act: transparency requirements for ChatGPT remain general

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

date4 months ago
New EU cloud project aims to avoid repeat of earlier fiasco

New EU cloud project aims to avoid repeat of earlier fiasco

Seven EU member states are finally allowed to put €1.2 billion into a common cloud project. The goal is to curb dependence on large U.S. hyperscalers. It took a while, but there it is: the plans of seven member states to make Europe's cloud infrastructure more autonomous have finally been appr... Read more

date4 months ago
TikTok tries to charm Europe with 12 billion for local datacenters

TikTok tries to charm Europe with 12 billion for local datacenters

TikTok is promising to invest 12 billion euros in Europe over the next ten years. Datacenters in Ireland and Norway are set to house all the data of the company's Europe's 150 million users, while NCC Group has been brought in as an external authority to ensure the data's security. TikTok will i... Read more

date4 months ago
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