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The Council of Europe formally adopted the first internationally legally binding AI treaty on September 16, obligating signatory nations to align domestic AI law with human rights, democratic values, and rule-of-law standards.
Mastercard, ING, and Worldline have completed Europe's first live end-to-end agentic payment—real money, production infrastructure, one human approval.
The inaugural AI Film Festival Monaco opens today at One Monte-Carlo, placing AI filmmaking on European cultural ground alongside policymakers and researchers for the first time.
BMW has deployed Hexagon Robotics' AEON humanoid robot at Plant Leipzig — the first humanoid in European automotive production — and is opening a global Center of Competence for Physical AI.
The European Commission launched AI.grids, a coordinated initiative to develop AI models specifically for grid management and planning, estimating demand-side flexibility could cut EU electricity costs by more than 71 billion euros per year.
SoftBank pledges €75 billion for 5 gigawatts of AI data center capacity in France—Europe's largest AI infrastructure commitment—brokered directly between Masayoshi Son and President Macron.
WindBorne Systems' WeatherMesh 6 outperforms the ECMWF on key accuracy metrics and produces a full global forecast every hour — marking a new high-water mark for private AI outpacing government science.
The EU Council and Parliament reached a provisional agreement to simplify AI Act compliance requirements, responding to sustained criticism that the original framework was unworkable for startups and mid-size companies.
Europe's electricity grid faces a structural inability to meet AI data center demand, with interconnection queues stretching 3–5 years and aging cross-border infrastructure threatening both AI competitiveness and 2030 climate targets.
EU institutions are actively considering pushing key AI Act compliance deadlines into 2027–2028. Companies that planned around June 2026 now face material uncertainty about final obligations.
The European Commission is preparing to designate ChatGPT as a 'very large online search engine' under the DSA — activating the EU's most stringent digital platform obligations for OpenAI.
WHO Europe's first comprehensive report finds nearly three-quarters of EU member states already using AI-assisted diagnostics — with significant governance and equity gaps beneath the headline number.
Vodafone Business and Google Cloud expanded their $1 billion partnership today with two AI-powered tools for European SMBs: an AI Concierge powered by Gemini and a managed cybersecurity service, launching first in Germany and Greece.
The European Commission proposes pushing AI Act high-risk obligations from August 2026 to December 2027 — a significant win for industry lobbies and a blow to EU governance ambitions.
The European Commission publicly backed Anthropic's decision to delay general release of Claude Mythos, marking a rare alignment between an AI regulator and an AI company on a voluntary safety decision.