OpenAI: AI capabilities are in a ‘different place’ and require urgency
President Donald Trump called AI concerns a “hoax.” One of the country’s leading AI companies said Tuesday it’s hoping Washington will still act. OpenAI, which this weekend called for federal safety...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg said a national AI regulator was a flawed idea in a secret...
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg expressed concerns about plans for a national AI regulator in a previously unreported phone call with President Donald Trump last month, marking the involvement of one of the...
View ArticleMeta’s mega-deal could change the game for social media
Meta’s multibillion-dollar court settlements with U.S. states Wednesday set the stage for groundbreaking changes to protections for children across social media — a realm where Congress has tried and...
View ArticleZuckerberg warns against centralizing AI power
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday passionately defended the use of artificial intelligence, as the rapid advancement of the technology faces increased scrutiny — and calls for regulation — in the...
View ArticleWhite House helped Mark Zuckerberg and the Google CEO dodge a Senate grilling
The White House intervened to try to spare Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai from appearing at an upcoming Senate hearing on their companies’ child safety practices, five people...
View ArticleUS judge considers ordering Meta to revamp its apps
A New Mexico state judge on Friday appeared ready to label Meta’s social media apps a public nuisance, a determination that would have potentially far-reaching ripple effects on the $1.5 trillion tech...
View ArticleSilicon Valley wants to put a chip in your brain
There will come a time, in the not-so-distant future, when you decide to stick a computer chip in your brain. At least, that’s what D. Scott Phoenix told the audience at TED 2026 in Vancouver last...
View ArticleSocial media trials usher in Big Tech’s latest moment of reckoning
Social media giants spent more than a decade assuring lawmakers, regulators, judges and the public that their platforms are safe for kids, despite years of accusations that the tech platforms...
View ArticleMeta, YouTube found liable for social media addiction in landmark US trial
A California jury in a landmark verdict with massive implications for the tech industry Wednesday found Meta and YouTube negligent for designing addictive social media platforms that harmed a child....
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For Spain’s Sánchez, the fight against tech billionaires is personal
Spain’s Pedro Sánchez is taking on the world’s top tech billionaires and, for him, the fight is personal. Two years after the Socialist leader contemplated stepping down to spare his loved ones from a...
View ArticleMeta taps former Trump adviser to be president, vice chair
Meta named former Trump adviser Dina Powell McCormick to serve as president and vice chair Monday, further cementing the company’s growing ties to Republicans and President Donald Trump’s White House....
View ArticleBritain’s new female MI6 chief wants to do things differently
LONDON — On the face of it, the new MI6 chief’s first speech featured many of the same villains and heroes as those of her predecessors. But in her first public outing Monday, Blaise Metreweli, the...
View ArticleRubio targets foreign nationals who he alleges police Americans’ social media...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Wednesday a new visa restriction policy targeting foreign officials who he says are complicit in censoring what Americans say online. “For too long,...
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Brussels could hit Big Tech in trade spat. But how?
BRUSSELS — The American tech sector has a big, fat target on its back as Europe looks to respond to Washington on tariffs. If only Brussels agreed on how to hit it. As United States President Donald...
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Meta faces ‘substantial’ fine for not complying with Turkey’s gag orders
Facebook parent company Meta has been fined a “substantial” amount for not complying with orders from Turkish authorities to limit content, a spokesperson told POLITICO. The Turkish government has...
View ArticleEU social media law isn’t censorship, tech chief tells US critic
The European Union’s social media law “does not regulate speech,” EU tech boss Henna Virkkunen told a key U.S. lawmaker who had criticized the bloc’s tech rules as censorship. A regulation that...
View ArticleEU lawmakers try to counter tech bros’ Washington lobbying
European Union politicians who helped shape the bloc’s crackdown on Big Tech are trying to sway United States policymakers who’ve been listening to tech bros like X’s Elon Musk and Meta’s Mark...
View ArticleVance’s week of waging war on EU tech law
Live coverage from Munich: POLITICO is on the ground at the Munich Security Conference, where we’re having conversations with top officials, lawmakers and experts at our POLITICO Pub. Follow our...
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The EU’s strategy to counter Trump’s tariffs: An iron fist in a velvet glove
BRUSSELS — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says the European Union would be ready to retaliate if Donald Trump imposes tariffs “within an hour.” Not so fast. The U.S. president this week reinstated...
View ArticleHow political is your pizza? The Mediterranean Diet and Europe’s food battles
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Pasta, pizza, and Parmigiano — delicious? Absolutely. But in 2025, they’re also deeply political. This week on EU Confidential, host Sarah Wheaton digs into...
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