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.
Data centers already consume three percent of EU electricity; without transparency requirements and regulation, AI expansion threatens Europe’s climate neutrality.
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Three threads shaped May: the AI Omnibus and first high-risk guidelines from Brussels, Claude 4.8 with KPMG scaling as commercial proof, and a wave of supply-chain incidents from Nx-Console to axios — what began in May becomes operational in June.
