European Commission calls on researchers to overcome the problems of pooling patient scans, to provide data around which to develop image recognition systems, and speed up cancer diagnoses  

Advisory group calls for research roadmap, more researchers and more research capacity, among 33 recommendations for artificial intelligence policy and investment in the EU

There is horse trading ahead, but Bert De Colvenaer, head of the EU’s €5B electronics and systems partnership is pleased to see the successor project taking shape. Industry wants a bigger budget and for larger companies to continue to get public funding

Lead candidate for the EU’s top job pledges to back a large-scale cancer research programme and introduce a ‘digital fair tax’ on internet companies to help workers displaced by automation

The country is among the first in EU13 to take steps to establish a national strategy that expands the focus from artificial intelligence research to understanding the social impact of the technology

The deep learning system gave correct referrals 94.5 per cent of the time in a study completed last year. “It’s jaw dropping,” says researcher Pearse Keane. “Ophthalmology will be the first medical field to be transformed by AI”

Tim Berners-Lee says he doesn’t know what the internet will look like in 30 years, but urges users to demand more control of their data

The core elements of proposed €9.2B digital infrastructure programme are agreed, but the final budget will not be fixed until the next Parliament. A new space programme also moves forward.

New joint undertaking for high-performance computing seeks a good home for two petascale supercomputers