More collaboration on AI safety, 6G research and semiconductors were among the announcements made following the sixth EU-US Trade and Technology Council

Deal reflects growing government efforts to manage AI roll-outs safely. AI will also be on the agenda of EU-US Trade and Technology Council meeting later this week

Heilbronn is set to become a hotspot for application-orientated artificial intelligence, with the Dieter Schwarz Foundation the main driving force. Managing director Reinhold Geilsdörfer explains the concept - and why money is not an issue.

The European Commission’s new guidelines on how artificial intelligence is used in research aim to exploit the potential while preventing misuse

As the EU ups its AI research spending, the hottest grant topics include health and sensors. Patras, Utrecht and the auto manufacturer BMW are among the fastest-growing grant winners

The European Parliament has approved the Artificial Intelligence Act, but there are increasing worries about the burden of compliance and how, along with a mix of other digital legislation, companies now have a ‘regulatory spaghetti bowl’ to untangle

An annual deep dive into the German ecosystem shows it is no longer haemorrhaging scientists, but lags behind on crop genetic engineering and AI investment. A swath of policy reforms are needed

Money is pouring into AI businesses that promise cool innovations – but basic research needs steady public funding to solve the societal challenges that AI poses, argues University of Bergen researcher

Simon Johnson, former International Monetary Fund chief economist, says funders and universities should create new, socially beneficial forms of AI through grants and competitions - and not leave the field to tech companies

Brussels and London still have very different approaches to regulating the technology, but the UK’s AI minister struck a collaborative tone on a recent visit to Brussels, part of a wider détente on science and technology