Thomas Régnier

Billionaire Elon Musk and X, formerly known as Twitter, are challenging a €120-million ($136 million) penalty imposed by Brussels under its landmark digital rules

The investigators reached different totals, but all who spoke to the news agency found activity across more than 10 sites

Since the groundbreaking 2022 release of ChatGPT, the EU was repeatedly mocked by tech enthusiasts for regulating a still-emerging technology

Emily had always battled mental health issues, but when some classmates posted photos of her with an apron and hairnet on social media and began cyberbullying her, it got worse

The United Nations and the International Red Cross are urging countries to adopt bans and restrictions on autonomous weapons systems, often called killer robots

New Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Latest Global Tariff Regime

The European Union on Friday, July 24, accused TikTok of failing to protect children since their account settings expose them to risks like cyberbullying and predatory behavior, putting the company at risk of a large fine

Google has been fined €890m (£759m) by the EU for allegedly abusing its power by favouring its own apps and services over those from rivals

Yet the release of their report Monday isn’t really meant to convince von der Leyen that action is needed, nor that age restrictions are a good idea

The EU responded to Trump’s threat by describing digital services taxes as “non-discriminatory” and that “unilateral measures targeting such legitimate policies are unjustified.”

CEOs including OpenAI's Sam Altman, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis, alongside around a dozen other tech leaders, will take part in a lunch meeting at the summit in Evian on Wednesday

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Apple shares fell 3% on Tuesday, a day after the company revealed new artificial intelligence software at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference

OpenAI has offered nine major UK banks access to its cyber security AI tool GPT-5.5 Cyber, as its fierce rival Anthropic has blocked them in previews of its version, Claude Mythos

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The decision risks angering Washington as it will limit the frequencies available to U.S. companies, including Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Amazon Leo, and curtail their fast expansion

The meeting between negotiators from the European Commission, EU capitals, and the Parliament took place under pressure from President Donald Trump, who, infuriated by the bloc’s foot-dragging, had threatened to hike tariffs on European cars to 25 percent from 15 percent

The European Commission is unveiling its new anti-poverty strategy today

With the bloc already lagging behind the U.S. and China due to a strong focus on regulating the technology, an ineffective computing power plan would set the bloc back further as big projects such as OpenAI’s massive $500 billion Stargate data center project run ahead

With the bloc already lagging behind the U.S. and China due to a strong focus on regulating the technology, an ineffective computing power plan would set the bloc back further as big projects such as OpenAI’s massive $500 billion Stargate data center project run ahead

Jurors at the Venice Biennale have disqualified Russian and Israeli artists from consideration for the prestigious Golden and Silver Lion awards this year, citing International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrants for the leaders of both countries

Slovenia’s national broadcaster RTV Slovenia won’t air the Eurovision Song Contest this year after the small European country previously pulled out of the event over Israel’s participation

The ICC has issued ​arrest warrants for sitting leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, for alleged war crimes committed against children in Ukraine, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity during the war in Gaza

AI and cybersecurity professionals have feverishly raised concerns this week over a large language model that Anthropic says is too dangerous to release

As President Donald Trump grasped Tuesday for an off-ramp from a spiraling war in the Middle East, Vice President JD Vance traveled to Hungary to redouble his involvement in a different conflict: the global culture war

EU lawmakers tore into the European Commission on Wednesday over its plans to open a “dialogue” with Washington on tech rules, warning it risks opening a back door for the Trump administration into the EU’s flagship digital laws

Russia launch overnight drone attack on Ukraine, reportedly damaging hospital

The inclusion of Russia in the line-up of the 2026 Venice Biennale art fair has sparked international outcry, with the European Commission threatening to withhold funding and 22 European countries demanding Moscow stay away again over its war in Ukraine

Now, without American protection, the continent must reclaim its edge

The European Commission set out its charges in preliminary findings to TikTok following a year-long investigation under the Digital Services Act (DSA) which requires large online platforms to do more to tackle illegal and harmful content

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has clashed with social media platform owners over plans to ban social media for under-16s in the country

Two Russian spacecraft, Luch-1 and Luch-2, have made close approaches to a number of Europe's most important satellites, which service the continent, including Britain, as well as large swathes of the Middle East and Africa

In December 2024, the European Union opened formal proceedings against social media firm TikTok over its suspected failure to limit election interference in the Romanian presidential vote

The accusations drew a strong rebuke from the EU

After Australia in December kicked kids under 16 off a host of platforms, France is leading the charge in Europe with a bill that would prohibit social media for under-15s as soon as this year

State explores Australia-style restriction as mental health concerns rise among youth

The scrutiny from Brussels comes after Grok sparked a global backlash by allowing users through its AI image generation and editing capabilities to undress people, putting females in transparent bikinis or revealing clothing

The bill seeks to crack down on risky technology vendors in critical supply chains ranging across energy, transport, health care and other sectors

But the tax proposal is suddenly dominating the discourse as proponents collect signatures to place it on the November ballot — and wealthy residents, like Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, move their assets out of the state rather than wait to see if it will pass

X finally made its move to update Grok's policies on AI image generation after facing significant backlash as it will now avoid editing photos of real people into bikini shots and other sensitive scenarios

Britain's media regulator launched an investigation into Elon Musk's X on Monday over concerns its Grok AI chatbot was creating sexually intimate deepfake images in violation of its ‌duty to protect people in the UK from illegal content

Just 13% of those polled say they believe that families or workers benefit the most.61% of those polled think Big Tech has too much D.C. policy influence.Most Americans also say that states should be able to pass their own AI laws and regulations and oppose preemption from the federal government

The social media company, formerly Twitter, has for weeks allowed its in-house AI program Grok to create unauthorized, sexualized images of women stripped of their clothing and child sexual abuse material (CSAM) based on users’ prompts

The warning comes amid mounting scrutiny of AI platforms for enabling non-consensual sexualized imagery, as EU policymakers push for stricter enforcement under data protection and digital services rules

European Union digital affairs spokesman Thomas Regnier made the comments to reporters on Monday following weeks of complaints over a new feature on X’s integrated AI chatbot Grok used to generate pornographic content, including depicting children

The lawsuit repeatedly cites an article by Reuters last month that revealed how Meta internally projected that 10% of its 2024 revenue — about $16 ​billion — would come from ads for scams, illegal gambling and banned products