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EU Launches InvestAI Initiative to Build AI Gigafactories Across Europe

Feb. 12, 2025 -- At the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit in Paris, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has launched InvestAI, an initiative to mobilize €200 billion ...Full Article

European Union: First Rules of the Artificial Intelligence Act Are Now Applicable

Feb. 7, 2025 -- As of Sunday, February, 2, 2025, the first rules under the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) started to apply in the European Union (EU). This ...Full Article

OpenEuroLLM Awarded STEP Seal for Advancing Multilingual AI in Europe

Feb. 3, 2025 -- Today the European Commission awarded the prestigious Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) Seal to the multilingual AI project OpenEuroLLM – the first Digital Europe ...Full Article

European Commission Awards Large AI Grand Challenge Prizes to European AI Startups and SMEs

June 27, 2024 -- The European Commission announced the winners of the Large AI Grand Challenge: four innovative AI start-ups from Europe will share the prize of €1 million ...Full Article

European Commission AI Office Established to Lead EU in AI Research and Policy

May 31, 2024 -- The European Commission has unveiled the AI Office, established within the Commission. The AI Office aims at enabling the future development, deployment and use of AI ...Full Article

New Horizon Europe Funding Boosts European Research in AI and Quantum Tech

April 23, 2024 -- The European Commission has announced the launch of new Horizon Europe calls, with a substantial funding pool of over €112 million. These calls are aimed ...Full Article

Nvidia Responds to Deepened UK Probe of Its Proposed $40B Arm Acquisition

GPU-powerhouse Nvidia is continuing to try to keep its proposed acquisition of British chip IP vendor Arm Ltd. alive, despite continuing concerns from several governments around the world. In ...Full Article

Are the Wheels Falling Off on the Nvidia-Arm Deal?

Nvidia’s 14-month-long, $40 billion proposal to acquire chip IP vendor Arm has hit another potential regulatory roadblock after being hit with two earlier challenges in Europe since October. This ...Full Article

UK Government Delving Deeper into Nvidia-Arm Acquisition Proposal: Report

The British government will reportedly soon order an in-depth antitrust investigation into the proposed $40 billion Nvidia acquisition of Arm, following a similar investigation that was undertaken just three ...Full Article

Nvidia Arm Deal Coming Under Deeper Scrutiny by the European Commission

With continuing concerns about the potential for stifled competition in Nvidia’s proposed $40 billion acquisition of Arm, the European Commission (EC) is opening an “in-depth investigation” into the matter ...Full Article
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