Teenagers’ use of social media and digital services is a popular subject for politicians the world over, and the European Union is no exception. Some countries are weighing bans up to the age of 16, while others lean toward more modest approaches…
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The debate over whether the EU should speed up its decision-making, curb the use of vetoes, and strengthen its institutional machinery is far from new. What is newer is the technological dimension of that gap. As the EU’s institutions experiment with AI…
Talking to ChatGPT about a break-up, seeking its advice before a big decision, or leaning on it to ease anxiety has become an increasingly common habit, particularly among young people. What only a few years ago looked like a tech curiosity is…
The European Commission said on Friday that TikTok had failed to adequately protect children’s privacy on its platform, after settings allowed adults to view the accounts of minors. That failure, the Commission said, left children exposed to cyberbullying, unwanted contact and predatory…
Job titles that carry an AI label have been multiplying rapidly across Europe, but these roles are no longer confined to AI or data teams. The majority now sit in non-technical positions, a sign of how deeply artificial intelligence is working its…
The digital divide in artificial intelligence adoption between the Global North and Global South is widening, Microsoft’s chief responsible AI officer told Euronews Next. “We cannot let the digital divide become an even greater AI divide,” warned Natasha Crampton, who is also…
The artificial intelligence race is heating up faster than the summer sun, with several of the world’s largest technology firms rolling out fresh AI models and updates in a single, packed week. At the center of the activity is OpenAI, which is…
A gap in parliamentary procedure has allowed MEPs to extend the mass scanning of private communications without ever holding a direct vote on the substance of the law. Chat Control 1.0, a temporary carve-out from ePrivacy rules designed to detect online child…
The European Union is betting on leaner regulation and modern digital tools to fix its lawmaking machinery. Yet policy analysts caution that fuzzy deadlines, wide-ranging urgency exemptions, and thinly staffed national governments could leave the reform effort stranded. This past April, the…
Europe’s startup landscape is shifting quickly, with scaleups increasingly driving jobs and innovation across the EU. But the pace of that growth varies sharply from one country to the next. New companies across Europe are expanding rapidly, and scaleups in Latvia, Portugal…
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