AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoAI Infrastructure: Protests against large data centres spread across 15 countries, with demonstrators citing pressure on electricity, water and land; activists also occupied a construction site in Amsterdam. Platform Rules: The European Commission says TikTok’s recommendation system may breach the Digital Services Act by failing to address harmful “rabbit hole” feeds, and could face a fine of up to 6% of global turnover. Cybersecurity: Hackers remotely switched supermarket refrigeration systems into defrost mode across at least seven European countries, spoiling food; the perpetrators remain unidentified. AI Cooperation: The EU called for closer cooperation with the UK on AI research, security and competitiveness, while stressing Europe needs to build its own technological capabilities. Research Investment: India and the EU concluded talks on India joining Horizon Europe, opening the bloc’s research programme to wider collaboration. European Finance: Amundi launched a tokenised share class of its STOXX Europe 600 fund on public Ethereum. UK Tech Funding: Large UK venture rounds reached £2bn in the third quarter, with AI infrastructure, semiconductors and defence technology drawing much of the investment.
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