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The EU has published its long-awaited white paper on networks and infrastructure, ‘How to master Europe’s digital infrastructure needs’. The AI boom is raising concerns over the water consumed by data centres. Researchers from the University of California suggest that demand for services powered by artificial intelligence would drive up water withdrawal to between 4.2… [Read More]

Dear Friend of the IIC, As I come to the end of my term as President of the International Institute of Communications (IIC) and hand over the role at the end of January, I begin by saying that it has been a great personal privilege to have been given the opportunity to serve the IIC… [Read More]

Apple will open up its tap-and-go mobile payment system to rivals, allowing third party providers to access the contactless function on its iOS operating system. OpenAI has claimed that a ban on the use of news and books to train models would doom the development of artificial intelligence. Nearly 40 per cent of global employment… [Read More]

Adobe and Figma have ended their merger plan after regulators’ investigations Open AI and Axel Springer have struck a ‘landmark deal’ for the media industry The EU’s agreement on the AI Act has been met with a mixed response AI has been declared an ‘emerging threat’ to financial stability for the first time Google has… [Read More]

The world’s first ‘AI Safety Summit’ has ended with a series of agreements reached among the 29 governments that attended. Apple, Meta and TikTok are appealing against the EU’s designation of their services as ‘gatekeepers’ under the Digital Markets Act. The Australian competition regulator, the ACCC, has released its latest report for the digital platform… [Read More]

Google will run undersea cables to eight Pacific Ocean nations under a joint US-Australian deal, says Reuters. Indonesia has introduced a new regulation prohibiting social media companies from using their platforms for online sales. The EU’s AI Act is said to be making progress as lawmakers agreed a critical part of the new rules. The… [Read More]