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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.

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.

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.

Green 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.

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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.

Green 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

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.

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?

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.

Destinations

Europe's strangest tourist rules in 2023

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

Tech News

Europe's top experts discuss future of AI in Brussels

The one-day International Artificial Intelligence Summit in the heart of the EU sought to find answers to many of the questions around global AI regulatory cooperation, and what it will mean in practice.

Business

UK: Alcohol-free beverages to be labelled as ‘wine’

The UK government wants to water down wine in an effort to make consumers’ lives easier and favour the post-Brexit UK wine industry.

Business

New York opens its marijuana market to larger competitors

The US state promised the first retail licences to previously convicted marijuana sellers. In most cases, it didn’t happen.

Tech News

EU gives ultimatum to Musk to deal with Israel-Hamas misinformation

The EU's digital rights chief warned the owner of X, formerly Twitter, that war misinformation flooding the site was a potential breach of EU law.