The EU Commission is collecting feedback from stakeholders until mid-June 2026 on AI use in medicine and pharmaceuticals to shape regulatory frameworks for faster scaling.
The European Parliament replaces Google with the French search engine Qwant as its default, signalling implementation of the EU’s strategy for technological sovereignty and data protection.
Microsoft is testing Scout, an autonomous AI agent that proactively coordinates meeting scheduling and identifies project risks — currently available only in the Frontier Program for enterprise customers.
Google must provide publishers with effective controls over the use of their content in AI overviews and provide transparent metrics on the impact on user engagement.
Bavaria is testing alternative software solutions to make its administrative structures less dependent on Microsoft by March 2027, but so far plans only a pilot project in one ministry.
Trump’s voluntary AI vetting procedure establishes institutional foundations upon which Congress and regulators can later build more binding control mechanisms.
Germany plans to allow tax authorities to use real taxpayer data to train AI models, which conflicts with EU data protection principles but is intended to be limited by deletion deadlines and control obligations.
The EU Commission is planning regulations for public procurement that favor European cloud providers and wants to massively expand semiconductor production in Europe.
