Tag: Henna Virkkunen

EU cloud rules to curb Big Tech’s access to strategic tenders

Posted on   |  by Foo Yun Chee and Toby Sterling
The European Union plans to propose strict criteria for cloud computing services in highly critical state tenders that could exclude Amazon, Microsoft and Google from such projects, according to...

Big Tech dodges strict digital rules in EU overhaul, sources say

Posted on   |  by Foo Yun Chee
Alphabet’s Google, Meta Platforms, Netflix, Microsoft and Amazon will not face heavy-handed regulations in Europe’s digital rule overhaul despite calls from telecoms companies, people with direct knowledge of the...

Backlash over proposed changes to EU privacy law

Posted on   |  by Foo Yun Chee
Privacy activists say proposed changes to Europe’s landmark privacy law, including making it easier for Big Tech to harvest Europeans’ personal data for AI training, would flout EU case...

Big Tech may win reprieve as EU mulls easing AI rules

Posted on   |  by Foo Yun Chee
Apple, Meta Platforms and other tech giants may win a reprieve from the EU’s landmark artificial intelligence rules as regulators consider easing sections of the legislation as part of...

EU turns to private funding to boost quantum ambition

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The European Union is seeking to attract private funding to help it take the lead in quantum technology by 2030, EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen said on Wednesday, as...

EU launches new strategy, seeks global digital alliances

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The European Union has launched a new International Digital Strategy with a commitment to promoting a rules-based global digital order and working with like-minded partners to offset a period...

Europeans move to supercharge AI capability, ease regulation

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The European Union will spend €200 billion (A$366 billion) supercharging its AI development and deployment capabilities, investing in a new generation of AI data centres and relaxing AI regulation....

Is the Paris AI Declaration as vulnerable as the climate accord?

Posted on   |  by Jordan Guiao
At the Paris AI Summit, leaders came together to make a commitment around artificial intelligence that empowers everyone, is sustainable and more inclusive. The Summit’s delegates announced “more than...