Views: 29Principal research scientist at the MIT Sloan School of Management, co-founder of MIT’s Initiative on the Digital Economy and co-founder of the AI startup Workhelix, Andrew McAfee is the author of The Geek Way and a co-author of The Second Machine Age. He suggests that the EU shall pursue deeper and complex reforms to […]
Category: EU law & governance
Moldova’s political economy: business through challenges and opportunities (part II)
Views: 44The second article from the Moldova Business Week venue is reveling the country’s economic recovery and resilience process after a period of shocks following the initial years of war in the neighboring Ukraine. Additionally, the national growth pattern has been heavily supported by the EU’s integrational-type financial support package and foreign direct investment equity […]
European business in the digital transition: preparing for AIs legal compliance
Views: 16Among biggest practical changes in the European AI legislation for businesses are those of compliance: including requirements for a company’s digital facilities and used AI models, developing or hiring algorithms, selling AI-powered services and/or providing a GPAI model, etc. The law also applies to companies outside the Union if they place AI systems or […]
EU-wide AI infrastructure: expanding data centers
Views: 67New EU’s initiatives to support European advanced AI’s infrastructure, the so-called AI gigafactories (AIGFs) are supposed to follow existing European standards on data protection, safety, security and ethics. The initiative, led by industry and supported by the EU-states cooperative €10 billion. is expected to unlock at least €20 billion in private investment. Its ultimate […]
Modern challenges in European competitiveness: Commission’s assessments
Views: 30Commission President has recently underlined main facets determining modern European competitiveness at the “business summit-2026” in France. The following challenges have been underlined and reviewed: the competition’s rules and conditions, financing the EU’s concept of “social market economy”, the concerns of the Union’s single market, energy issues, artificial intelligence and external trade. The President’s […]
Global top emerging technologies: recent qualitative assessment
Views: 54Recent 14th edition of the World Economic Forum’s report “Top 10 Emerging Technologies-2026” identifies major scientific advances able to “change the world”. The technologies are selected for their novelty, development progress and potential impact by a group of world-leading scientists, technologists and innovation leaders, through a rigorous process of expert analysis.
Digital transition in the world: challenges through competition and opportunities
Views: 50The digital and AI’s revolution continues to dominate in in the political economy’s patterns around the world: numerous states have entered the digital transition and governance’s processes. As a consequence, most states are compelled to determine/adapt their policies in promoting and reshaping modern scientifically-based digital economic and political governance. Core digital strategies are indicative […]
European Cloud and AI Development Act’s proposal: latest assessment
Views: 45Cloud computing and artificial intelligence models are becoming increasingly vital for the EU-wide economy, as well as for the delivery of public services and the Union’s technological resilience. Cloud, edge and related computing infrastructures are critical enablers for AI workloads, supporting the training, fine-tuning and inference of AI models across various socio-economic sectors. Hence, […]
Growing European e-businesses: Commission’s measures facing global competition
Views: 43Recent European Commission’s initiative includes measures to assist startups, research and innovation companies in view of the EU-wide ambition to close the innovation divide between the Europe and global digital competitors. The initiative is in line with the broader EU ideas to boost competitiveness and profitability, as have been revealed in, e.g. E. Letta […]
AI in governance: modern trends in progress and preventing possible crises
Views: 22After the digital technology’s enormous development in 2020s, the generative and agentic AIs have further accelerated. The AI models and systems have changed significantly, e.g. affecting the customers’ use and perceptions, people’s expectations, social and legal rules, as well as policies, frameworks and emerging threats. However, the human frameworks for overseeing, controlling and governing […]