Legislation, enforcement and the politics behind Europe's digital rulebook, from the AI Act to platform regulation.
As the US marks Labor Day, concerns mount over artificial intelligence's impact on worker protections and hiring decisions, while the European Commission moves to regulate major online platforms under new digital rules.
America's two largest school districts have reimposed limits on artificial intelligence in classrooms, signalling a shift in how education systems approach generative AI tools after years of permissive policies.
The European Commission's August 31 decision to classify ChatGPT as a Very Large Online Search Engine triggers the Digital Services Act's strictest compliance regime, with implications extending far beyond the chatbot itself.
A federal judge in Virginia has ruled on remedies in Google's antitrust case, but the decision falls short of breaking the company's stranglehold on digital advertising infrastructure.
Meta's landmark settlement over harm to children's mental health has sparked global debate, but without grounding the response in universal child rights standards, the impact will remain limited to one country.
Lawmakers are debating whether the government should have authority to deactivate AI systems or close data centres in extreme national security scenarios, as autonomous AI capabilities grow more powerful.
Public anger over data centers and AI surveillance cameras has attracted both mainstream concern and extremist attention, raising the question of whether unaddressed grievances could escalate into violence.
New labelling and disclosure requirements for AI-generated content took effect in August, but experts warn that transparency alone cannot shield European democracies from deepfakes, foreign interference, and political manipulation.