The European Parliament on Thursday adopted a resolution on the European Union’s technological sovereignty, urging the European Commission to take concrete steps to reduce reliance on American technologies—particularly in cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and critical digital infrastructure.
A group of job seekers in the United States has filed a lawsuit seeking to subject artificial-intelligence systems used for résumé screening to the same transparency rules that apply to credit reporting agencies. The case could become one of the first legal tests of whether algorithmic candidate scoring falls under federal consumer-reporting law.
China is exploring the creation of a national mergers and acquisitions (M&A) fund to support the development of key technologies — from robotics to artificial intelligence — as competition with the United States for technological leadership intensifies. The idea was announced by Wang Changlin, Vice Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), during a press briefing, although no detailed parameters have yet been disclosed.