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Future
Future on Europa Now: AI, climate tech and the long bets that will decide what Europe builds next.
AI
Zopa Launches Voice-Activated Banking With AI Assistant
The UK digital bank is rolling out conversational AI capabilities to its two million customers, enabling them to handle payments and financial planning through voice commands.
AI
Von der Leyen embraces AI slowdown call, positioning EU as enforcer
The Commission president endorsed industry calls for measured AI development in her State of the Union address, while the EU prepares talks with leading labs on governance of frontier models.
Climate Tech
Chinese Battery Maker Gotion High-Tech Enters Middle East Storage Market with 6 GWh Saudi Deal
Gotion High-Tech has landed a major order to deploy battery storage systems across three Saudi Arabian sites, marking the company's first large-scale energy storage project in the region.
AI
Huang and Amodei clash on AI regulation at Dreamforce
Nvidia's CEO argued against new laws for artificial intelligence, while Anthropic's leader called for industry self-governance and safety standards. The two executives presented opposing visions on the same Salesforce stage.
AI
How Storyworth's Voice Tools Are Reshaping Family Memory
Storyworth's latest phone-based features transcribe, prompt and structure family stories before they become memoir. The shift reveals how software now mediates the act of remembering itself, not just its preservation.
Climate Tech
Open source could multiply energy grid value by 2-5x, new Linux Foundation framework shows
A benefit-cost methodology released at LF Energy Summit Europe in Berlin quantifies how open source software delivers greater financial and strategic returns than traditional procurement for grid operators and regulators.
AI
DeepMind Researcher Breaks Silence on AI Extinction Risk, Joining Growing Chorus for Slower Development
Bilal Chughtai, who departed Google DeepMind's safety team in July, has become the first insider from the lab to publicly warn that artificial intelligence poses an existential threat—and that the industry must pump the brakes.
AI
Gates Foundation commits $1bn to AI access, but warns governments lag far behind
Bill Gates says regulators are unprepared for artificial intelligence, as his foundation pledges spending on education, health, agriculture and multilingual AI training data over two years.