Saturday, December 20, 2025
When the European Union began drafting the AI Act, Spain was already ahead of the curve. Today, it is not an exaggeration to say that Spain is one of the founding architects of Europe’s AI regulation. While other countries are still debating the balance between innovation and safety, Spain has taken concrete steps: establishing a national AI agency, investing in world-class infrastructure and even building AI systems that reflect its own languages and culture. In a continent searching for technological sovereignty, Spain is quietly becoming a model for how to do it right.
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Saturday, December 20, 2025
Europe is often portrayed as slow-moving and fragmented in the global technological debate. Headlines from the U.S. and China dominate with news about AI, digital platforms and robotics. But beneath that noise, a different story is emerging: Europe possesses a unique opportunity to renew its industrial strength, and the fashion and manufacturing industries provide a particularly compelling example.
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Friday, December 19, 2025
Readers, today I want to share my observations on the choice of image for Altair Media’s new series “Understanding AI’s New Reality” — the old analogue speedometer with its multiple needles.
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Friday, December 19, 2025
Whoever wants to understand artificial intelligence in Europe must first understand the cloud. And whoever understands the cloud will see why Europe’s focus on rules, governance and strategic positioning is not a brake on innovation, but a form of power.
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Thursday, December 18, 2025
Artificial intelligence is often discussed at the level of cloud infrastructure, foundation models and geopolitics. Yet its most immediate societal impact may unfold much closer to home. As AI increasingly becomes embedded in consumer products — from smart appliances to home automation systems — European retailers find themselves at the frontline of the next phase of AI adoption. MediaMarktSaturn Group, Europe’s largest consumer electronics retailer, offers a revealing lens into how this transition may unfold.
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Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Artificial intelligence is often discussed as a single phenomenon, but its complexity resists one-dimensional explanations. AI is not only a technology, nor merely a market, nor just a political issue. It operates simultaneously at three interconnected scales: the macro level of geopolitics and power, the meso level of infrastructure and industrial capacity and the micro level where citizens, companies and institutions encounter AI in daily life.
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Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Artificial intelligence is no longer a question of if, but of how it will shape the global order. By 2030, AI will underpin economic growth, national security and everyday life. Yet the future is not predetermined. The trajectory of AI depends on political choices, market dynamics and societal values that are unfolding today. Three plausible scenarios illustrate how different paths could lead to very different AI worlds.
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Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Artificial intelligence is usually discussed in extremes. Policymakers focus on the macro level, debating global power, competition between the United States, China and Europe, and the broader strategic consequences of AI. At the other end, the public and businesses experience AI at the micro level, through products, automation and daily decision-making. But the meso layer — the physical and organizational infrastructure that makes AI possible — is often invisible in the conversation. And yet, it is precisely this middle layer that explains why AI debates frequently stall.
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Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Artificial intelligence is often discussed in silos: geopolitics at the macro level, infrastructure at the meso level and user experience at the micro level. But in reality, these layers are deeply interconnected. Decisions made at one level ripple across the system, producing consequences that are felt far from their point of origin. Understanding AI requires thinking in chains of cause and effect, not isolated segments.
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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Artificial intelligence is no longer a peripheral technology for Europe’s telecom operators. Companies such as Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile and KPN are increasingly embedding AI deep into their networks, operations and strategic positioning. What was once a tool for optimization is now becoming a prerequisite for survival in a sector under pressure from low margins, heavy regulation and global technological competition.
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