Estonia, Slovenia and Poland join the bidding for EU funding, with ambitions to build national AI sectors 

EU auditors approve the accounts of the research partnerships, but say some targets for private contributions may have to be lowered

Votes on boosting green technology production, sharing health data for research, and access to EU supercomputers for AI start-ups are among the last acts of this mandate

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

Europe will see the switch-on of Jupiter, one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, later this year