Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026Hungary has put forward a concrete proposal for how the EU could strengthen its AI rulebook, reacting to months of never-ending reports about safety incidents. 100 1
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026Another setback for #EUInc: Lawmakers failed to close a deal on the project for a second time on Wednesday night. Dealing with specific rights some countries grant their workers again proved the stumbling block. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.rapporteur.com/news/eu-inc-...rapporteur.comEU Inc again stumbles over workers’ rights in Parliament | RapporteurLawmakers fail to agree deal on crucial economic project for second time 022 2
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026Mistral is preparing to take part in an EU push to build AI datacentres – labelled “AI gigafactories” – a representative of Europe’s AI hopeful said in Brussels on Tuesday. 100 1
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026In many of the AI security incidents that have recently made headlines, the involved models were lab-internal. A group of advisors has now called on the @ec.europa.eu to make sure there are rules for such cases. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.rapporteur.com/news/eu-advi...rapporteur.comEU advised to tighten AI law's grip on internal models | RapporteurScientific advisors and MEPs urge Commission to address risks posed by non-public AIs 024 4
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026AI models have their own biases for how they answer questions. Elon Musk built Grok to be less “woke”, while Chinese ones toe the communist party line on sensitive topics. But where do European models fit into this? Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.rapporteur.com/news/europea...rapporteur.comEuropean AIs bit more ‘neutral’ than US or Chinese ones, study finds | RapporteurResearch into political bias also shows 'debiasing' Chinese models works quite well 110 1
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 09/10/2026Remember when Hungary last year allowed police to use facial recognition on Pride protestors in Budapest? Civil society then argued this wasn’t in line with the EU’s AI Act, which puts strict limits on the tech. 120 2
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026The #EUInc project is facing a delay in Parliament as lawmakers did not reach an overall deal on Monday night. They do however seem to have gotten pretty close apart from one key issue. 100 1
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026Safety incidents at OpenAI have repeatedly made headlines in the past few weeks. I wrote up how the @ec.europa.eu could turn up the heat to pressure the company into improving its safety practices – if it wants to. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.rapporteur.com/news/how-the...rapporteur.comHow the EU could react to OpenAI’s safety incidents | RapporteurAs AI Act enforcer, Commission could probe models or order changes 001 1
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026Some people might think there are no AI model builders outside of the United States and China, but that’s not true. For example, there is Cohere – a Canadian-born company betting strong on Europe in these sovereign times. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.rapporteur.com/news/canadia...rapporteur.comCanadian-German AI lab eyes building sovereign AI for Europe | RapporteurCohere stands on both sides of the Atlantic after merger with Aleph Alpha 041 4
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026I’ve got my hands on a draft law on standardisation, which the European Commission is set to propose next week. It aims at improving Europe’s influence on important technologies, and to speed up the writing of standards. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.rapporteur.com/news/draft-s...rapporteur.comDraft standards law to boost EU sway over strategic tech | RapporteurCommission also wants to speed up writing of technical norms, per draft law 000 0
Reposted by Maximilian HenningThéophane Hartmann @theophane.euractiv.com · 30/09/2026EXCLUSIVE: France proposes expanding cloud sovereignty law to entire IT sector Expanding the rules would create a massive inflow of public spending into European alternatives @euractiv.com www.rapporteur.com/news/exclusi...rapporteur.comEXCLUSIVE: France proposes expanding cloud sovereignty law to entire IT sector | RapporteurExpanding the rules would create a massive inflow of public spending into European alternatives 002 2
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026Ursula von der Leyen has charged a special envoy with finding out how to push Europe’s industrial companies into adopting AI, assisted by the Commission’s in-house thinktank. 110 1
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026A coalition of trade unions and civil society organisations wants European governments to end all existing contracts with Palantir. Many countries are already reconsidering their ties to the American data analytics company. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/kick-ou...euractiv.comKick out Palantir, trade unions tell European governments | EuractivCall to eject US data analytics giant on democratic grounds 082 8
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026Trade unions from across Europe on Thursday demonstrated against #EUInc in Brussels. Protestors said they feared social dumping and threats to co-determination. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/trade-u...euractiv.comTrade unions protest in Brussels against EU Inc | EuractivParticipants fear social dumping and threats to co-determination 064 6
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026A lot of fears and hopes about AI hinge on whether we’ll get “recursive self-improvement” – models building their own successors, a potentially enormous security risk and also a great advantage for leading AI labs. Anthropic’s Dario Amodei said he’s seeing first signs of it. 110 1
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 18/09/2026OpenAI did not report a recently uncovered safety incident under EU safety rules, the European Commission told me. If you lost track: This is the “RubyGems” incident, first reported last Friday. 140 4
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 17/09/2026The world is debating whether AI will kill us all after warnings coming out of American labs. But European and Canadian AI companies are very sceptical – especially of the pitched response. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/europea...euractiv.comEuropean AI labs hit back at American ‘doomer bubble’ | EuractivProposal for AI giants to coordinate on rules also branded a “cartel” by critics 020 2
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 16/09/2026Commission President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu has just said she’ll invite leading AI labs for talks on pacing the frontier of the tech. The move comes after days of intense, worldwide discussions around AI safety. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/eu-chie...euractiv.comEU chief to host safety talks with leading AI labs, per draft speech | EuractivPlanned invite follows global discussion of AI labs' doomsday predictions 020 2
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 15/09/2026You want to know about von der Leyen’s State of the Union speech? We have a draft. Read all about it in @euractiv.com’s liveblog: www.euractiv.com/news/live-vo...euractiv.comLIVE: Von der Leyen's SOTEU speech leaked | EuractivEuractiv has seen a draft of Ursula von der Leyen's State of the EU' speech 010 1
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 15/09/2026A group of luminaries including Margrethe Vestager is pitching key EU countries on setting up a new alliance pooling their leverage on the world’s AI supply chain – and say it should be linked to the EU’s trade bazooka. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/europe-...euractiv.comEurope must tighten grip on AI supply chain, experts warn | EuractivVestager among backers of pitch to target EU's trade bazooka at frontier AI access 010 1
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 14/09/2026I wrote this before the weekend, but my thoughts still apply after the bosses of several American AI labs aired their safety concerns over the weekend. 110 1
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 14/09/2026There are some questions that AI models built by frontier labs won’t answer – for safety reasons. But getting rid of these built-in safeguards has turned into its own field of business. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/ai-jail...euractiv.comAI jailbreakers test EU safety rules | EuractivChatbots advertised as having no safeguards are readily available online 010 1
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 10/09/2026The @ombudsman.europa.eu has opened an inquiry into the @ec.europa.eu’s appointing of a “special envoy for industrial AI”. The case is specifically about the EU executive not replying to a letter with questions from civil society. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/eu-watc...euractiv.comEU watchdog probes Commission's AI envoy appointment | EuractivEU's executive asked to reply to questions about Siemens chairman’s role 000 0
Reposted by Maximilian HenningThéophane Hartmann @theophane.euractiv.com · 09/09/2026As @ec.europa.eu publishes new public procurement rules today, @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social, @steporciello.bsky.social, Thomas Moller-Nielsen and I looked at the range of measures designed to favour EU alternatives over US and Chinese suppliers @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/eu-proc...euractiv.comEU procurement blueprints reignite 'European preference' debate | EuractivBrussels weighs quotas, local content rules and other ways to favour EU products 011 1
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 09/09/2026Capitals have booted a planned central register for #EUInc companies out of their latest legal draft for the project. Lawmakers have so far kept the register in their take, though this is all of course preliminary. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/capital...euractiv.comCapitals want to ditch EU Inc's central register | EuractivPlan for a register inside bloc's startup reform law faces fresh pushback 013 3
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026OpenAI has NOT submitted a report specifically on the “wiki incident” uncovered by Reuters on Friday to the EU, I have now learned. Model developers have to notify serious AI safety incidents under EU rules for the tech. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/ai-safe...euractiv.comAI safety incident reporting ‘not just a tick box’, warns EU | EuractivCommission remarks follow OpenAI confirming fresh incident with its AI agents 022 2
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 07/09/2026On Friday, Reuters reported about a previously unknown safety incident at OpenAI, in which AI agents commandeered a website to exchange messages. I got in touch with the person running that website for his side of the story. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/what-it...euractiv.comWhat it feels like when OpenAI's agents hijack your website | EuractivSite owner dealing with AI safety incident tells Euractiv it was like being trolled 142 4
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 07/09/2026Is Europe hopelessly behind on AI? Uljan Sharka from Italian AI lab Domyn is more optimistic. He also lays out his company’s business model, which is quite different to that of the American giants. Read my interview at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/the-ita...euractiv.comThe Italian AI lab with a completely different vision for Europe | EuractivDomyn chief says Europe shouldn't follow US in building ever bigger data centres 000 0
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 04/09/2026A third of the EU’s countries have said they’ll try to find common ground ahead of future tech policy discussions on the EU level. The central and eastern Europeans will also coordinate on AI, including maybe on what to buy. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/central...euractiv.comCentral and eastern European countries set up AI, digital coalition | EuractivNine capitals pledge to coordinate on digital questions ahead of EU-level meetings 122 2
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 02/09/2026Seems this is now the reality we live in: Anthropic is restricting its new Mythos 5.1 update to US organisations, pending further talks with Washington. Europe is left to plead that it’s not a security risk and should get access. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/anthrop...euractiv.comAnthropic's Mythos update puts EU back on hold over AI access | EuractivLeading US lab says it's in talks with Washington to expand access beyond US 010 1
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 27/08/2026Europe is trying to make AI safer through rules which require labs to check their models for risks and reduce them. But the recent OpenAI hack of Hugging Face has raised questions about a potential gap in what those rules cover. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/ai-labs...euractiv.comAI labs’ internal models ‘might’ fall under EU safety rules | EuractivCommission hedges on legal question thrown up by OpenAI safety incident 010 1
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 26/08/2026EXCLUSIVE: The @ec.europa.eu is getting a head start on enforcing European AI rules. It has this week requested information from some AI labs building “the most advanced AI models” on how they secure them, EU tech commissioner Henna Virkkunen has told me. 121 2
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 21/08/2026Some people were quite angry at Anthropic recently after the company said it would start watermarking AI output. One complaint: If text watermarking changes word selection, surely quality will suffer? But experts beg to differ. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/eus-pus...euractiv.comEU’s push for watermarking won’t worsen AI writing, experts say | EuractivAnthropic's AI transparency efforts under EU rules are sparking debate 031 3
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 19/08/2026ChatGPT users across Europe will start seeing ads when talking to the chatbot next week. OpenAI promises they will be clearly separate from chats, not influence the chat itself, and that it doesn’t sell customer data. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/chatgpt...euractiv.comChatGPT to get ads in first EU countries | EuractivAI giant claims ads will be separate from chats and not based on users’ data 000 0
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 18/08/2026European Central Bank experts on Monday wrote that they see a correction of AI-driven stock market highs as “likely” – and warned that while American tech companies are driving the boom, Europe would also feel the bust. 120 2
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 17/08/2026Brussels is full of lobbyists, consultants, whatever you want to call them. My colleagues tried to find out how they feel about AI: Do they fear it coming for their jobs? Read @claudiemoreau.bsky.social and @magnuslundnielsen.bsky.social's article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/lobbyis...euractiv.comLobbyists feel the heat as AI comes for the Brussels bubble | EuractivEU public affairs consultancies are starting to integrate artificial intelligence 133 3
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 13/08/2026Europe is very good at talking itself down. Take the quest to build our own sovereign alternatives for the critical tech keeping our public services afloat: It’s easy to say that we will simply never manage to do so. 100 1
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 12/08/2026Unlike other parts of the world, the EU has rules for AI that are publicly written down and that its citizens can actually read. Since this month, those rules can also be enforced in practice, including with fines potentially reaching into the billions. 100 1
Reposted by Maximilian HenningThéophane Hartmann @theophane.euractiv.com · 10/08/2026As Mr Roberto Viola is likely enjoying a well-deserved summer break, let’s wish him a fully recharged return as he prepares to lead the @ec.europa.eu's digital department for a record-breaking 12th consecutive year! Read my @euractiv.com article: www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...euractiv.comEXCLUSIVE: Commission's digital kingpin extended for twelfth year | EuractivViola's contract, due to expire in September 2026, has been extended to 30 September 2027 201 2
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 07/08/2026Seems we might have our first conflict between the EU and AI labs on our hands: The EU’s AI Office has found “deficiencies” in some developers’ summaries of which data they use to train their models. For some models, no info has been published at all. 121 2
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 05/08/2026In case you missed it: An EU database for high-risk AI systems is only set to be completed in the second half of 2027. That means no registering your systems until then – sidestepping a now somewhat unclear legal timeline. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/eus-hig...euractiv.comEU’s high-risk AI database pushed back to mid-to-late 2027 | EuractivMessage from EU's AI Act service desk, seen by Euractiv, claims it's in line with omnibus changes 022 2
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 04/08/2026I spoke to Chapsvision’s Silvano Sansoni about building a European tech alternative that exists today and now, about growing in new EU countries and what problems he’s still facing when talking to their governments. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/intervi...euractiv.comINTERVIEW: Chapsvision, France's Palantir challenger, eyes EU growth | EuractivCEO Silvano Sansoni talks about putting tech sovereignty into practice 011 1
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 23/07/2026OpenAI has reported its “unprecedented” security incident with Hugging Face to the EU’s AI Office, the European Commission confirmed today. It’s a key step for Europe’s AI rulebook just as enforcement is set to start next Sunday. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/openai-...euractiv.comOpenAI notified EU of Hugging Face hack under AI Act | Euractiv'Unprecedented' cyber incident is first publicly known AI security breach reported under bloc's law 041 4
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 22/07/2026With the recent news out of OpenAI, it seems like a good point for a reminder that the AI Act will get teeth in just a few days. It’ll be up to a few dozen people in the EU’s AI Office to enforce the law, as models get ever-more capable and tensions run high about who gets access to what tech. 195 9
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 20/07/2026I got my hands on the first Council draft for #EUInc. Capitals could limit which companies can access stock option plans, while options are on the table to refine the project’s scope. Crucially, it sticks with a regulation. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/capital...euractiv.comCapitals eye capping EU Inc stock options | EuractivCouncil draft text seen by Euractiv also stipulates plans can't subvert minimum wage 212 2
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 20/07/2026The @ec.europa.eu today put out its final guidelines on AI transparency – just days before the rules they detail will kick in. They contain some interesting changes on editing backgrounds and deepfake-labelling broadcasts. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/eu-give...euractiv.comEU gives more wiggle room on labelling AI deepfakes | EuractivAdvertisers have been pushing for some exemptions to be extended 010 1
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 17/07/2026In case you missed it: #EUInc seemed to weather its first big storm in Council on Wednesday, with many capitals backing its current legal footing. But with some disagreeing, the debate does not seem over yet. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/eu-inc-...euractiv.comEU Inc regulation finds support in Council | EuractivBut unusual key legal basis question not fully settled, with first draft text pending 032 3
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 16/07/2026People who don’t follow Brussels AI policy for a living probably don’t realise, but the EU will soon require deepfakes to be labelled and AI-generated content to be watermarked. Some in Greece may find out in a rather drastic way. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/greeks-...euractiv.comGreeks could land in jail for removing AI deepfake labels | EuractivDraft law implementing EU's AI Act sets out prison sentence for rule-breakers 010 1
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 16/07/2026Aircraft manufacturer @airbus.com, a European industrial giant, is moving its most critical software systems to a sovereign cloud provided by France’s @scaleway.com. For more cloud news, follow @theophane.euractiv.com. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/airbus-...euractiv.comAirbus to fly on French Scaleway’s sovereign cloud | EuractivIndustrial giant will move most critical applications to Europe 084 8
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 16/07/2026China is reportedly thinking about restricting the export of its frontier AI models, following up on the US instating their own slapdash licencing regime. Taken together, they could leave Europe in a quite precarious situation. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/europe-...euractiv.comEurope has no answer if China follows the US in limiting its AIs | EuractivWhere’s the backup to the backup? 030 3