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U.S. Vice President JD Vance called on European countries to embrace “the new frontier of AI with optimism and not trepidation” and adopt a lighter touch on tech regulation in his first major trip overseas since taking office. “We want to embark on the AI revolution before us with the spirit of openness and collaboration, but to create that kind of trust we need international regulatory regimes that foster creation,” he told attendees at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris on Tuesday. Echoing grievances aired by U.S. companies against Europe’s efforts to rein in big tech, Vance called for…
Niel was later cleared on those charges but received a suspended prison sentence for embezzling funds in some of his X-rated businesses. He is more widely known as the founder of the low-cost mobile provider Free. Niel appeared to take Musk’s comment in jest. The back-and-forth between the two tech bros comes amid a major artificial intelligence summit being held in Paris. Niel was among the entrepreneurs French President Emmanuel Macron consulted ahead of the summit and before announcing a privately-funded €109 billion AI strategy. Of that sum, €3 billion comes from Niel’s company, Iliad. Musk skipped the summit, claiming that…
The Dutch government’s different parties have argued for months over draft legislation that tightens asylum law in the Netherlands. Dutch right-wing lawmaker Geert Wilders has threatened to quit the government coalition and call for fresh elections unless controversial changes tightening the country’s asylum law are adopted.For months the shaky governing coalition between Wilders’ Freedom Party (PVV), the conservative-liberal People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), the centrist New Social Contract (NSC) and the agrarian, populist Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB) have bickered over legislation that aims to reduce the number of asylum claims in the country. On Monday, the draft law was…
The decision to pause all operations and programmes in northern Saada came after eight UN staff were detained by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels. The UN has suspended its aid operations in Yemen’s Saada region after eight more of its staff were detained by Houthi rebels. In a statement, the UN said on Monday that the “extraordinary” decision to pause all operations and programmes in northern Saada province — a Houthi stronghold in the war-torn country — was due to the lack of necessary security conditions and guarantees.The rebels in recent months have detained dozens of UN staff, as well as…
👉Listen to Politics At Jack And Sam’s on your podcast app👈 Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McElvoy look at the day ahead in British politics. Today they discuss the sudden major changes to the assisted dying bill from MP Kim Leadbeater which means cases would not need signing off by a High Court judge and whether this could change how MPs vote on the bill. Plus, Sam has been investigating whether Keir Starmer can really deliver his promises to end future bat tunnels. They also discuss the latest on Trump, and friend of the…
The pitch: Kyle’s message has been that the U.K. is “open for investment” and ready to help western democracies stay ahead in the AI race. “We’ve got a great story on safety and exploiting the opportunities of AI,” he told reporters on Monday. And he said he isn’t looking to upset the status quo when it comes to drafting an AI bill. Huddle around: “What I’m not going to be doing is disrupting the regulatory or the voluntary settlement [reached at Bletchley Park]” Kyle said. “But I do want to put a bit more strength into the way that it’s…
A l’occasion du Sommet français sur l’IA, l’Elysée reçoit, lundi 10 février, plusieurs acteurs du secteur, en compagnie d’EDF et du gestionnaire de réseau RTE, preuve de la sensibilité du sujet électrique. Feb 10 7 mins read
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The Commission’s budget department toyed with the idea of lumping together over 500 different funds into a single cash pot for each country that would determine spending in sectors ranging from farm subsidies to social housing. Spain dismissed this option on the grounds that it “may not be the most effective way to achieve a simpler and more focused budget in practice.” What will be decided, and when? Tuesday’s discussion kicks off a long and Byzantine process that will end before the start of 2028, when the new budget takes effect. This week the commissioners will rubber-stamp a short…
After right-wing parties won big in last June’s EU election, the European Commission swapped greenness for competitiveness. Its first big initiative, a “Competitiveness Compass,” bluntly pointed in that direction. Fighting deindustrialization was now the priority. The European Parliament is rowing in the same direction. And no group has changed course more radically than the center-right European People’s Party — Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s political family and the largest bloc in both the Parliament and around the EU’s table of national leaders. EPP support, both in the Parliament and in governments across the continent, was essential to the passage of…