Bavaria terminates a planned multi-million euro contract with Microsoft and instead opts for open-source solutions to achieve independence from US vendors and better data control.
The EU is responding to technological dependencies with an integrated package of semiconductor, cloud-AI and open-source initiatives designed to secure long-term European control over critical technology value chains.
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.
