EU Boosts ‘Digital Europe’ Initiative with €1.3 Billion Investment in AI and Key Technologies

March 31, 2025 – The European Commission (EC) has announced through a statement on Friday the adoption of the DIGITAL Europe Programme for the years 2025 to 2027, allocating a significant budget of €1.3 billion to deploy crucial technologies strategic to Europe’s technological sovereignty. The program primarily focuses on artificial intelligence (AI), cloud data, cybersecurity,…

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Italy Unveils World’s First ‘AI Newspaper’ Fully Authored by Generative AI

March 23, 2025 – Italian national newspaper, Il Foglio, has claimed a groundbreaking milestone by publishing the world’s first newspaper entirely authored by generative artificial intelligence (AI). The AI-generated newspaper was inserted as a paper supplement within the regular edition distributed on the same day, clearly marked with the label “AI” at the masthead. From…

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Europol Warns: AI Technologies Like Voice Cloning and Deepfakes Fueling Organized Crime

March 21, 2025 – Europol Sounds Alarm: AI Fueling Organized Crime and Escalating Security Threats In a warning issued on Tuesday, Europol has highlighted the growing role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in empowering organized crime, leading to a significant intensification of security threats across Europe, according to the Associated Press. The newly released “2025 EU…

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AI Regulation Relaxation: A Joint Call from 60 Leading Enterprises to the EU

February 11, 2025 – At the Paris Artificial Intelligence Summit, which kicked off on Monday, approximately 60 European businesses, including traditional industrial giants and AI startups such as French large language model manufacturer Mistral, came together to sign an initiative aimed at propelling Europe to the forefront of the artificial intelligence field. This move, however,…

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European AI Startups Raise Nearly $8 Billion in Funding, Attracting Growing Venture Capital Interest

February 6, 2025 – While the artificial intelligence industries in the United States and China have been grabbing headlines, with companies like OpenAI seeking billions in funding and DeepSeek causing a “shockwave” in Silicon Valley and on Wall Street, Europe’s AI startups are quietly but swiftly emerging as a significant force. In 2024, the AI…

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