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EU has 'the power' to lead on 'global treaty on AI', says MEP Brando Benifei

MEP Brando Benifei says citizens "need to be worried" about AI, warning of "real risks" such as the "loss of control".

Euronews · Sep 15

‘Parliament has not been immune to AI slop’: The EU is about to roll out its own AI platform — including tools from OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic and Mistral

The platform will provide secure access to Meta’s Llama, OpenAI’s GPT-OSS, Mistral Small, OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet.

TechRadar · Jul 20

Meloni resorts to EU bashing to seek fiscal flexibility as energy crunch bites

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has begun pressing in Brussels for greater fiscal flexibility to curb rising energy costs. With general elections scheduled for 2027, a surge in energy prices could undermine public support for her government.

Euronews · May 27

Exclusive: Hungary's Gay Pride surveillance would breach the EU's AI Act, says leading MEP

The European Parliament's AI Act expert and monitor, Brando Benifei tells Euronews Hungary's plans to use AI-based facial recognition to fine Gay Pride participants breaches the EU rules.

Euronews · Mar 26, 2025

EU Parliament Adopts 'Historic' Rules On AI

The European Parliament gave final approval on Wednesday to wide-ranging EU rules to govern artificial intelligence, including powerful systems like OpenAI's ChatGPT. Senior European Union officials say the rules, first proposed in 2021, will protect citizens from the possible risks of a technology developing at breakneck speed, while also fostering…

International Business Times · Mar 13, 2024

The EU's new A.I. regulation looks past existential threats

Italy's Brando Benifei says apocalyptic scenarios distract from the 'real debate' over A.I.

Fortune · Jul 5, 2023

EU lawmakers vote to restrict AI use, ban public face-scanning

The European Parliament voted to completely ban real-time, remote biometric surveillance — a decision that will put lawmakers at odds with the EU’s 27 countries in upcoming negotiations.

Tribune News Service · Jun 14, 2023

EU Says Vote Buying, Clientelism Were Widespread in Lebanese Elections

Due to a lack of financial and human resources, election preparations in Lebanon started very late, with the budget allocated less than a month before the polls, said the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) in Lebanon Chief Observer, Gyorgy Holvenyi. On election day, the EU EOM deployed 167…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 18, 2022