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The government has introduced new regulations for the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace within its latest labour reform bill. Under the proposed rules, employers must ensure human intervention in decisions affecting workers, such as recruitment, career progression, or termination. Employees will also have the right to challenge automated decisions, and companies must retain data on AI usage for five years.
The former Minister of Economy warned of the geopolitical risk of technology being concentrated in large private companies and pointed out the regulatory lag of the United States compared to the European Union, stressing that regulation should not compromise innovation.
The AI company's CEO Dario Amodei suggested tax measures including “universal capital accounts” to respond to AI-driven job losses.
“Claude has gone from super-helpful to super-human in less than a year,” says Anthropic. The company fears systems capable of creating autonomous successes and is calling for a slowdown in AI development.
“We live in a world where geopolitics and technology go hand in hand; those who lead technological innovation will define the future. And we must ensure that Europe plays a leading role in this.” This statement was made by Commission Vice-President Henna Virkkunen on the day Brussels presented a set of...
Code found in the Meta AI application points to a feature capable of identifying people seen through the smart glasses.
The Portuguese government emphasizes the need to safeguard employees amidst the rise of artificial intelligence and new technologies.
The article discusses the necessity of regulating Artificial Intelligence, drawing parallels between medical safety standards and AI systems in high-risk sectors. It critiques the reliance on corporate self-regulation, citing examples like Meta and the conflict between Anthropic and the US government. The piece highlights the encyclical 'Magnifica Humanitas' by Pope Leo XIV, co-presented with Christopher Olah, which calls for global, ethical governance of AI to protect human dignity against the concentration of power and the risks of autonomous weaponry.
Leão XIV arrived first. While states regulate what no longer exists, the Vatican has written the founding text of a civilisation that has barely begun.
Until now, it was up to creators to declare the use of AI. Google announces that YouTube will start applying labels on its own when it detects “significant use” of the technology.
OpenAI has announced it will provide access to its most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models, including GPT-5.5-Cyber, to Deutsche Telekom, BBVA, and dozens of other European companies in an initiative aimed at strengthening the protection of their digital infrastructure against vulnerabilities and cyberattacks. Among the companies covered by the program are also...
Pedro Vidigal Monteiro is the newest partner in the TMT practice at Sérvulo & Associados. With a practice focused on technology, privacy, cybersecurity, and intellectual property, he holds a European certification in data protection from the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Before joining Sérvulo, he led the Digital, Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Property areas...
At a time when technology is progressively moving from being a mere tool to assuming increasing autonomy, the We Robot 2026 conference, held in Berlin between April 23 and 25, reaffirmed itself as a stage for interdisciplinary debate on the state of the art of robotics and artificial intelligence. On the legal front, the need was highlighted...
The Administrative Council for Economic Defence justified that Google uses companies that produce journalistic content without prior authorisation.
The main European institutions—the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Council of the European Union—have prohibited their press teams from using visual content, such as images and videos, generated entirely by artificial intelligence in official communications. According to Politico Europe, the goal of this measure is to protect the credibility of their messaging.
Do artificial intelligence chatbots cite media outlets when providing news information? The study 'AI News Audit — How AI Models Use and Distribute Canadian Journalism' reveals that, in the vast majority of cases, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok do not do so. In an initial phase, the study promoted by the Centre for Media...
The measure is part of the European Parliament's position regarding negotiations on simplifying rules related to AI.
The proposal comes two months after a controversy regarding the creation of such images by the tool on the social network X.
The European Parliament approved a report this Tuesday proposing remuneration for artists whose works are used by generative artificial intelligence systems, with the aim of protecting the European creative sector. This report was approved at the European Parliament (EP) plenary session in Strasbourg, with 460 votes in favour, 71 against, and 88 abstentions.
The government's AI agenda for 2026 is back in the spotlight, with new measures to be reviewed. Meanwhile, more redundancies are expected at Amazon due to the growing prominence of AI tools.
Andrew Puzder says current rules prevent the growth of US companies and damage their ability to compete with Beijing.
The European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) approved a report shaped by Portuguese input that is intended to form the basis for an international treaty on artificial intelligence, promoting common rules and cooperation.
Nearly thirty university professors are calling for a general suspension of the use of generative artificial intelligence. They argue that its uncritical use fosters fraud, plagiarism and cognitive impoverishment.
The document was authored by Portuguese MEP Paulo Cunha, elected for the PSD.
The European Parliament has voted on the first International Convention on Artificial Intelligence; the rapporteur leading the file is Portuguese.
Authorities in Brussels have opened an investigation into the AI model Grok amid concerns that sexually explicit images were manipulated.
The European Commission announced today an investigation into Grok, the artificial intelligence tool of the social network X, over the dissemination of manipulated sexually explicit images in the European Union (EU), including content that may constitute sexual abuse of minors.
The investigation aims to “assess whether the company adequately evaluated and mitigated the risks associated with the deployment of Grok's features ... in the EU”.
The proliferation of intimate deepfakes on X has raised questions over the bloc’s AI law.
The aim of a text is to promote the humanisation of higher education and to ban the use of AI in teaching; in it, professors describe students as “the main victims of the digital world”.
