Speaking in Turin, former Vodafone chief Vittorio Colao, now at General Atlantic, said regulation is holding back AI in Europe. He argued, however, that not every rule has the same effect, defending copyright rules and the Digital Services Act.
George Williamson, head of the Alan Turing Institute, says the UK should not rely on foreign AI systems that could be switched off at short notice and must build its own. With the US and China far ahead, he makes national resilience a key focus.
A Florida woman confided her thoughts to Claude until one message was flagged as a threat. After being detected automatically and reviewed by humans, it was passed to the local sheriff.
Salesforce chief executive Marc Benioff announced that the company's AIForce agent platform is now called SIForce, for super intelligence. The change follows President Trump's push to rename AI and applies only to the platform, not the company.
The French state has granted €20 million from its France 2030 plan to a consortium of Cloud Temple, Thales, Bull, Vates and the CEA. By the end of 2028, the partners are to build a French cloud and AI offering for hosting sensitive data.
In an op-ed in Le Monde, U.S. academics Marine Collins Ragnet and Katerina Siira urge the European Commission to act quickly. They want it to use the tools it already has to regulate AI companies.