Tech News

The EU passed the first AI law. Tech experts say it’s ‘bittersweet’

In a world-first, the EU has passed legislation to regulate artificial intelligence but while some argue it does not go far enough, others say it could hurt companies with “additional constraints”.

16 March 2024

Tech News

Euroviews. What’s next after Europe’s ‘year of AI’?

Realising the economic and social potential presented by AI and maintaining the growth in adoption across Europe means equipping everyone with the right skills so we can all be included in Europe’s digital journey, Tanuja Randery writes.

4 March 2024

The Road To Green

Are concerns about the EU's new regulation on deforestation justified?

In partnership with The European Commission

While many view the new EU law on deforestation as a milestone, others have raised questions. In this explainer, we take a look at what's in the law and what the biggest concerns are.

27 February 2024

Earth News

Heating and cars: Milan introduces emergency pollution-busting rules

Dry weather and warm temperatures have worsened the Italian city’s smog problem.

22 February 2024

Earth News

Farmers say they’re being tied up in red tape by EU bureaucracy

Farmers have many complaints - from insufficiently regulated cheap imports to overbearing environmental rules- but the reams of red tape set everyone off almost instantly.

15 February 2024

The Big Question

The Big Question: If AI is the solution, what is the problem?

Businesses should think long and hard about whether AI is the best solution for their problems and invest in auditing to avoid unfair, biased and inefficient results, according to Eticas Tech CEO Gemma Galdón-Clavell.

12 February 2024

Tech News

Euroviews. UK crypto regulation patchwork is too complex to bring real benefit

While there are benefits to each of the existing regulations, they are part and parcel of a system of rules that is too complex and therefore does a disservice to UK citizens, Dr Paolo Tasca writes.

2 February 2024

Earth News

How is the French government trying to calm farmers' protests?

Unfair competition from imports and fair pay are two of the issues farmers are protesting over.

31 January 2024

Europe News

Euroviews. Should EU’s platform accountability rules have a 'Brussels effect'?

The DSA's first signs of impact are becoming visible, but what is stopping big tech from treating everyone who uses their services fairly and equitably, Claire Pershan, Odanga Madung and Kiito Shilongo write.

31 January 2024

Earth News

Climate groups back French farmers’ ‘legitimate’ anger

More than 50 environmental groups have issued a joint statement saying they have always been allies to farmers

30 January 2024

Tech News

Is quantum computing the next tech in the EU's crosshairs?

The potential security threats from quantum are clear but there seems to be little impetus in Brussels to regulate the technology - for now.

30 January 2024

Tech News

Why quantum computers threaten our global security

Q-Day is when a quantum computer so powerful is built it could break the public encryption systems. How concerned should we be?

26 January 2024

Tech News

Friar Tech: The Vatican's top AI expert who advises Silicon Valley

It might seem like an oxymoron but the Vatican's top brain on the technology most shaping our world just now hails from a medieval order.

21 January 2024

Destinations

Europe's strangest tourist rules in 2023

Tourists faced fines for playing music too loudly and taking selfies.

26 December 2023

Tech News

Euroviews. Q&A: People will only use technology they trust, Microsoft expert says

Euroviews spoke to Jeremy Rollison, Head of EU Policy at Microsoft in Brussels, about many of the burning questions around European and global regulatory cooperation on artificial intelligence, and what regulating AI will mean for Europe's citizens.

21 December 2023

Economy

Euroviews. European CBDC plans reveal diverse worldviews and peculiar bedfellows

The unfolding CBDC narrative of 2024 continues to not just redefine the future of crypto; it's actively shaping the very fabric of Europe's economic identity, Jón Egilsson writes.

19 December 2023

Tech News

Pope Francis joins calls for an international treaty to regulate AI

The pope fell afoul of the technology earlier this year when an image of him in a white puffer jacket produced using generative AI went viral.

14 December 2023

Tech News

Euroviews. AI Act's regression to self-regulation will hurt fundamental rights

Back in April 2021, when Brussels proposed the first cross-sector AI regulation in the world, it claimed to protect fundamental rights and promote innovation. In 2023, fundamental rights may not remain fundamental to this regulation, Dr Kris Shrishak writes.

22 November 2023

Tech News

Germany, France and Italy reach agreement on future EU AI Act rules

Disagreements from key EU member states, including France, on how artificial intelligence (AI) should be regulated threatened to derail EU legislation.

19 November 2023

Tech News

Signal’s Meredith Whittaker on Big Tech, privacy and regulating AI

Signal president Meredith Whittaker spoke to Euronews Next about Europe’s regulation of AI, privacy, and mental health in this new age of artificial intelligence (AI).

16 November 2023