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Is Google Rigging Search? EU’s Preliminary Findings Are In
Image: Guillaume Périgois/Unsplash The European Commission claims that Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has breached the Digital Markets Act. The specific allegation is that Google is self-preferencing on Search and the Play Store. The DMA applies to “gatekeeper” organisations that have a major economic impact in the EU (at least €7.5 billion in annual revenue in the EU per year for…
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Will Cisco’s Free Tech Training for 1.5M People Help Close EU’s Skills Gap?
Roxana Mînzatu, Executive Vice-President for Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness and Cisco Chair and CEO Chuck Robbins. Image: Cisco Cisco recently announced its initiative to provide 1.5 million people in the European Union by 2030 free courses on basic digital skills. Cisco Chair and CEO Chuck Robbins said the plan also includes training 5,000 instructors in AI,…
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US intensifies scrutiny of the EU’s Digital Markets Act
In a significant escalation of transatlantic tensions over tech regulation, US House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan has demanded clarification from the EU antitrust chief Teresa Ribera regarding the enforcement of the EU’s digital marketplace rules, citing concerns about potential discrimination against American companies. The move comes in the wake of President Donald Trump’s recent memorandum announcing heightened scrutiny of the…
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What is the EU’s AI plan?
Years after first identifying the potential risks of AI systems, world leaders are having to balance concerns with an acknowledgment of the gains achievable through certain AI systems and nowhere is this more true than the EU. The Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris has seen a number of high-profile announcements made on EU AI investments, on both a continental…
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GenAI Could Add €1.4 Trillion to the EU’s GDP by 2034
Generative AI could add between €1.2 and €1.4 trillion to the E.U.’s gross domestic product within a decade, the equivalent of 8% of growth a year, a new Google report claims. The gains would come from employee productivity increases, the free time created from automating tasks, and the re-employment of people who once handled those tasks. The report, The economic…
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