How China Shapes the AI Future Without Making Noise

Sunday, December 14, 2025
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China rarely dominates Western headlines in the same way as Silicon Valley or Brussels, yet few countries shape the global future of artificial intelligence as quietly and consistently. While public debate in Europe and the United States often focuses on regulation, ethics and market competition, China has taken a different path. It treats AI not as a standalone sector, but as a strategic foundation for national power.

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Rethinking Nokia for an AI-Driven World

Friday, December 12, 2025
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Nokia is one of those rare European companies whose history mirrors the broader story of industrial transformation. What began in the nineteenth century as a timber and paper business evolved into an industrial conglomerate, later became a global icon in mobile phones and now finds itself at yet another turning point. After losing the smartphone race to Apple and Google, Nokia did not disappear. Instead, it quietly began reinventing itself — and today that reinvention increasingly revolves around artificial intelligence.

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Europe’s AI Universities: A Sleeping Giant?

Saturday, November 29, 2025
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Europe is home to some of the world’s most prestigious AI faculties. Institutions like ETH Zürich, the Technical University of Munich, EPFL, Oxford and Cambridge consistently produce research that ranks among the very best globally. Their professors are leaders in fields such as robotics, neuro-symbolic AI and trustworthy AI, attracting top PhD students and forming vibrant hubs of expertise. With such talent and intellectual firepower, Europe should, on paper, be a major force in the AI landscape.

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Captains of AI – Mustafa Suleyman: The Diplomat, the Disrupter, the Deal-Maker of the Machine Age

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

If artificial intelligence had a political wing, Mustafa Suleyman would be its foreign minister — calm when required, forceful when necessary and always negotiating the uneasy peace between technology, society and the people convinced they’re about to be replaced by a very ambitious spreadsheet.

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Captains of AI – Demis Hassabis: The Scientist, the Strategist, the Sherlock of Synthetic Intelligence

Tuesday, November 18, 2025
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If artificial intelligence had a conscience, Demis Hassabis would probably be the one trying to map it. Calm, analytical and quietly intense, he moves through the AI world not like a CEO but like a scholar who accidentally founded a company that changed the trajectory of science.

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Captains of AI – Sam Altman: The Monk, the Maverick, the Midwife of the Machine Age

Tuesday, November 18, 2025
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If the AI revolution had a face, it would probably be Sam Altman’s—calm, slightly amused and carrying the expression of someone who has already seen the future and is quietly negotiating its terms. As CEO of OpenAI, Altman stands in the eye of a technological hurricane, steering the most influential intelligence project since humanity discovered fire—and arguably one that comes with more paperwork.

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The AI Landscape in 2025: What’s Really Going On?

Monday, November 17, 2025
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If the past few years felt fast, 2025 is something else entirely. Suddenly everyone is talking about Kosmos, “AI scientists”, autonomous agents and systems that seem to learn, reason and create at unbelievable speed. But for most people, the AI world feels like a maze: many names, many models and very little clarity.

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