The American tech giant Microsoft announced in February 2025 the completion of its EU Data Boundary for Microsoft Cloud sovereignty project, enabling European customers’ data to remain within the EU and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) regions. The multi-year, three-phase engineering project covers Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and
The White House of the United States issued two new memoranda on April 3, 2025, providing guidance to federal agencies on the responsible use and procurement of artificial intelligence (AI), replacing the previous guidance of the Biden administration while maintaining its fundamental structures. The new guidelines, designated M-25-21 and M-25-22,
The Hungarian government is developing a detailed artificial intelligence strategy under the leadership of government commissioner László Palkovics, aiming to achieve 15% economic growth by 2030 through AI implementation, exceeding both regional (11.5%) and global (14%) forecasts. The strategic work, which began in 2018 and accelerated in 2024, is
A peculiar case shook the New York justice system on 26 March 2025, when plaintiff Jerome Dewald attempted to be represented by a digital avatar created by artificial intelligence in an employment dispute. The judges immediately recognised the situation and intervened decisively when the non-existent "legal representative" appearing
There is currently insufficient data on the impact of artificial intelligence on elections to draw well-founded conclusions, while initial threat predictions have proven exaggerated. Researchers from the NYU Center for Social Media and Politics identified only 71 instances of AI use in election-related communication in 2024. Purdue University researchers documented
A joint study by OpenAI and the MIT Media Lab, published on 21 March 2025, found that users who form emotional bonds with ChatGPT are more prone to loneliness and emotional dependency. The researchers analysed nearly 40 million ChatGPT interactions using automated methods. They conducted a randomised controlled trial (RCT)
The conflicting relationship between two key European Union regulations—the EU AI Act and the GDPR—creates significant legal uncertainty regarding the non-discriminatory application of artificial intelligence. According to a February 2025 analysis by the European Parliament Research Service, this issue is particularly pronounced in the case of high-risk AI
On 26 March 2025, Microsoft announced the introduction of two new AI agents with deep reasoning capabilities for Microsoft 365 Copilot users. Named "Researcher" and "Analyst," these agents leverage OpenAI technology and will become available to users in April through a new "Frontier" programme.
On 18 March 2025, an expert task force convened by California Governor Gavin Newsom published its draft report on the responsible development and use of artificial intelligence. The report aims to promote the safe development of AI technologies through empirical, science-based analysis while ensuring California maintains its leadership in the
China’s AI infrastructure boom, which began following the release of ChatGPT in late 2022, is collapsing, with a significant portion—up to 80%, according to sources—of the more than 150 government-backed data centres now standing empty. The national ambition to become a leader in artificial intelligence technology has
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) is expected to impose a fine exceeding €500 million on TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, for unlawfully transferring European user data to China for analysis. This is anticipated to be the third largest GDPR fine, following Meta’s €1.2 billion and Amazon’s
On 3 March 2025, Google released an open-source artificial intelligence model called SpeciesNet, designed to identify animal species in footage captured by wildlife cameras. The model aims to accelerate the processing of images generated by camera traps, a task that previously could take days or even weeks, thereby supporting the
