Digital

A compromise is reached after member states vetoed the transfer of €400M from the EU research programme. €325M for the €3.3B initiative to reboot semiconductor manufacturing in the EU will come from Digital Europe

The UK is diverging from the EU in its proposed light-touch approach to AI regulation. The plan is going down well with companies, but much still depends on how it is implemented

US National Science Foundation says it is developing a programme to study research security scientifically – with data on the actual scale and scope of lab leaks

Rather than creating a new single regulator, existing oversight bodies will tailor the rules to suit specific sectors. Five guiding principles will be applied to ensure safe and appropriate implementation of the technology

In an attempt to get more value out of the basic research it funds, the EU is organising hackathons to transform the raw data generated into products and services