GitHub and tech allies, including Hugging Face, Creative Commons, and EleutherAI, unite against the European Union’s AI Act and file a paper wishing for an open-source AI support instead.
Organizations have been preparing for the AI era, and governments are working on favorable regulations—in Europe, two old rivals, France and the U.K., are jostling for prime positions.
Under Banque de France Governor François Villeroy de Galhau's proposal, CBDC, tokenized bank deposits, and other digital currencies may be exchanged for value under one network.
MiCA will come into force in 2024, but the June 11 consultation is further evidence of a ramping up of efforts in the bloc to implement its far-reaching digital asset goals.
The 20 projects selected by the European Blockchain Sandbox spread across five European regions and cut across several sectors, including education, finance, and telcos.
The National Council of Slovakia voted 112-2 in favor of the amendment, which will lower the taxes from a maximum of 25% to “simplify their use in everyday life.”
Germany’s Bafin had decided against issuing Binance a license to custody digital currencies, stating that this decision had been communicated to the exchange’s local representatives.
The majority of MEPs backs the proposed AI Act, which if passed, would help the AI industry in Europe comply with existing regulations on privacy, non-discrimination, transparency, and safety.
The European Blockchain Services Infrastructure said that blockchain infrastructure provider Protokol would carry out the project as part of efforts to explore use cases for Web3.
Social media platforms mentioned in European Consumer Organization’s report include YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter, criticizing them for their lax advertisement guardrails.
Former executive board member of the ECB, Yves Mersch, kicked off the Day 2 of the London Blockchain Conference 2023 where he had a talk on regulatory frameworks in the European Union.
Yves Mersch, Ben McKenzie, and Bryan Daugherty gathered for a panel discussion on "It's Time for Regulation to Enable the Growth of Blockchain and Digital Currency," moderated by Marcin Zarakowski.
