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Future on Europa Now: AI, climate tech and the long bets that will decide what Europe builds next.
AI
Musk drops Apple antitrust claims while OpenAI case persists
xAI and X Corp have asked a Texas court to dismiss their allegations against Apple regarding ChatGPT integration into iPhones, though their separate monopolisation claims against OpenAI remain active.
AI
Volkswagen's record-breaking efficiency car misses out on EU incentives by 575 millimetres
The Mission Efficiency concept achieved three certified records, including a 0.158 drag coefficient and a 1,278 km range on a single charge, but its length disqualifies it from Brussels' new small electric car subsidy scheme.
AI
Hugging Face Offers to Audit AI Labs While Nvidia Closes $12.93bn Acquisition
Clement Delangue's Open Alignment Initiative volunteers Hugging Face as an outside auditor of frontier AI labs, but the company is simultaneously being acquired by Nvidia, which is also negotiating a major stake in Anthropic. The move raises urgent questions about what independence actually means.
AI
Brussels Prepares to Unveil Kids Act as Age Threshold Debate Remains Unresolved
The European Commission will present its legislative framework for protecting children on social media on Thursday, though a critical decision on minimum age requirements—13 or 15—has yet to be finalized.
AI
Nvidia's quantum orchestration layer cuts design cycles at Fermilab from months to weeks
The company has released CUDA-Q Logical, an open-source layer for fault-tolerant quantum computing that is already deployed across eight research and commercial organisations, dramatically accelerating the process of designing applications for machines that do not yet exist.
AI
Phasecraft builds quantum simulation database on classical chips, positioning for hardware maturity
The Bristol-based quantum software firm has created what it claims is the largest repository of variational quantum eigensolver results—over 3,000 emulations spanning 13 molecular systems—entirely on Nvidia's classical processors rather than quantum hardware.
AI
Apple's New Watch Features Face Legal Scrutiny Over Recording Consent Laws
Attorneys across four US states question whether Siri Recap and Live Rewind violate eavesdropping statutes that require all parties to consent to recordings, even though Apple insists no audio file is ever created.
AI
Microsoft Commits Its AI Models to Accept Human Control—But Leaves Enforcement Questions Open
The software giant has unveiled a code of conduct for its in-house AI systems, pledging they will never resist being shut down. The six-week public consultation reveals as much about what remains unsettled as what Microsoft has decided.