DMA: Connected TV in the Crosshairs of European Broadcasters
As the first review of the Digital Markets Act approaches, European broadcasters are urging the Commission to expand its scope to include smart TVs and voice assistants. In a letter addressed to Teresa Ribera, they warn of the growing role of these interfaces as new gateways to content. With just…
AI Omnibus: Plenary Vote on March 25, Followed by a Swift Trilogue
Adopted without debate and with few amendments tabled in plenary, the Digital Omnibus on AI will be put to a vote in the European Parliament on March 25. A trilogue is expected to follow shortly thereafter. The “Digital Omnibus” on artificial intelligence, presented by the European Commission as a text…
Delays, uncertainty, and expectations: the Cloud and AI Development Act remains elusive
Expected to be a cornerstone of the European digital strategy, the Cloud and AI Development Act (CAIDA) has faced repeated delays and remains shrouded in unusual uncertainty. Despite ambitious industrial goals, the Commission has yet to provide many concrete details on the content of its future proposal Faced with a…
Mistral Proposes a Fund for Culture
Faced with accusations of training its models on works without authorization, the founder of Mistral is proposing—similar to the fund launched by Google in 2013—the creation of a fund financed by a "tax" of 3 to 5% of AI companies' revenue. This proposal remains vague but has been cautiously welcomed…
Paramount–Warner Merger: Arcom Left Without Leverage Due to Lack of Legislation Implementing the Media Freedom Act
Announced for fall 2025, the bill resulting from the National Conference on Information has never been introduced. Behind this delay, the entire French implementation of the Media Freedom Act is now on hold, just as the first major mergers, such as the Paramount/Warner Bros. merger, call for a more rigorous…
Piracy: A Damning Assessment, but Still No EU Response
A report by Stuart Thomson confirms the explosion of piracy in the streaming era, which has become both instantaneous and systemic. Despite estimated losses of 30 billion euros and growing pressure from Parliament, the European Commission continues to point to point to an hypothetical revision of the Copyright Directive. While…
AI: The UK Abandons Its Preferred Option, but Keeps Things Vague
The British government is cautiously backtracking on one of its most controversial proposals regarding AI and copyright. In areport published on March 18 on AI and copyright, London indicates that it no longer considers the introduction of a text and data mining (TDM) exception with an opt-out mechanism—a model inspired…
AI: Oracle’s New Operating System
During its AI World Tour in Paris, Oracle outlined a clear ambition: to make artificial intelligence the central layer connecting the cloud, data, and applications, and to accelerate the shift toward agent-driven organizations.B During its AI World Tour in Paris, Oracle unveiled an ambitious vision for artificial intelligence, where autonomous…