Policy
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EU forces WhatsApp open to AI rivals
EU regulators have ordered Meta to restore free WhatsApp Business API access for rival AI chatbots while an antitrust investigation continues.
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US Anthropic curb tests European AI reliance
A US export-control order has forced Anthropic to suspend two advanced models for foreign users, sharpening European concerns over AI sovereignty and supplier risk.
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Slough data centre approval tests planning limits
Ministers have approved a 147MW Slough data centre project.
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It’s time to prove the public sector’s productivity promise
Public-sector AI claims are now measured in saved hours. The harder question is whether those hours become better services, lower backlogs, safer systems, and less pressure on staff.
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Croatia’s Fort-Knox data centre changes hands
Gnomon Capital has bought Croatia’s DC North data centre operator.
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EU-Korea pact turns digital trade into rules infrastructure
Brussels and Seoul have signed binding digital trade rules together.
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Smals puts Belgian public cloud into hybrid reality
Belgium’s public-sector cloud strategy now includes Google Cloud infrastructure.
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London Tech Week put Britain’s infrastructure gap on show
London Tech Week exposed the hardware behind Britain’s AI ambition. Investment headlines now have to survive contact with chips, power, land, data centres, and the grid connections needed to make them useful.
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MHRA puts patient trust into AI rules
The MHRA has published evidence from patients, clinicians, industry, and researchers to shape future regulation of AI in healthcare.
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UK backs open source AI builders
The UK government is putting compute, mentoring, and policy access behind open source AI developers after London Tech Week.
