AI News from Europe

Government announces plans to invest billions, but questions linger over how its proposals on chips, social media and more will work Ownership of the commanding heights of the AI economy is a political talking point around the world, as countries seek to assert some control of a technology…

Today I’m talking with Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO of Microsoft AI. And I’m actually going to keep today’s intro short. I’m working from my wife’s family farm this week, as you’ll see in the video, but also this is a real burner of an episode.

European companies’ margins are set to expand for the first time since 2022, driven by soaring commodity prices and artificial intelligence.

The British government thinks a state-backed infrastructure initiative will help supercharge homegrown chip startups.

OpenAI supports the EU Code of Practice on AI content transparency, advancing provenance standards and tools to help people understand AI-generated content.

A recent study found that Google's AI Overviews regularly provide incorrect information and contain facts not supported by cited sources.

Read the full story on Google DeepMind.

The U.S. government's lead civilian cyber agency is heading into the AI era with shrinking resources and a diminished role as Washington scrambles to assemble a multi-agency response to emerging AI cyber threats.

Our research has uncovered young entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka and Pakistan using AI tools to make deeply objectionable content – and money Niamh McIntyre is a senior reporter at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism Scroll through any Facebook feed in Britain and, between the baby announcements and…

Draft Commission guidelines on the classification of high-risk AI systems marsrgi Tue, 05/19/2026 - 10:43 These Guidelines aim to support providers and deployers of AI systems, as well as competent market surveillance authorities, in assessing whether an AI system should be classified as high-risk,…

Running the Datagrid data centre in New Zealand rather than China could save the equivalent annual emissions of half a million cars. For the last decade, tech evangelists have stared at lush green farmland on the outskirts of Invercargill and dreamed of covering it in grey warehouses full of…

Richard Dawkins and chatbots | LLM meaning | Flattery battery | Dancing in PE | Maths breakthrough The otherwise admirable Richard Dawkins should adjust the local settings of the chatbot or tell it to be less obsequious (Richard Dawkins concludes AI is conscious, even if it doesn’t know it, 6 May).

SAP bets $1.16B on 18-month-old German AI lab and says yes to NemoClaw TechCrunch

Sereact, a German robotics software company, has raised $110 million in fresh funding to develop its artificial intelligence model that makes robots smarter and more adaptable to different tasks.

Artificial intelligence developer Cohere Inc. has agreed to buy Aleph Alpha, a startup once considered Germany’s national AI champion, in a deal that includes a $600 million investment from German retailer Schwarz Group.

Amazon unveils new AI warehouse robot in $12 billion Europe push Reuters

Proposal for the Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA) dumimar Wed, 06/03/2026 - 11:02 The Commission has adopted a proposal for the Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA) with the aim of strengthening the EU's cloud and AI ecosystem, investment and infrastructure.

Online publishers are getting more control over whether their websites appear in Google's AI Search features, thanks to a UK regulatory ruling. The new conduct rule imposed by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) requires Google to let website owners keep their content out of features like…

It should have taken years, but Ash Koosha made a drama about Iran’s anti-government protests in weeks – and now it’s the first AI-made movie to screen at a major film festival.

Explore OpenAI’s Frontier Governance Framework and how our AI safety, security, and risk practices align with emerging EU and California regulations.

Dwelly, a UK startup that acquires real estate property managers and introduces artificial intelligence to their business, is in discussions to raise around $200 million in equity and debt financing, according to people familiar with the matter.

BNP Paribas SA is working with French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI and other partners to prepare for cybersecurity threats posed by new models such as Anthropic PBC’s Mythos.

Growing numbers of people are seeking improbable cosmetic surgery based on chatbots’ recommendations Plastic surgeons are increasingly concerned about the rise of “AI face”, as more and more clients arrive in their offices with unrealistic AI-generated visions of what they want to look like.

Analysis-SpaceX IPO bets $2 trillion on Musk's ambitious rockets-to-AI vision Yahoo News UK

Bloom Energy rises 2% after partnering with European AI infrastructure upstart in $2.6 billion deal CNBC