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ECB's Halloween deadline: Europe gets serious about AI deepfakes

 A bank director's voice on the phone, calmly approving a transfer. A job candidate on a video call, friendly and professional. A famous face recommending an investment. All three can now be faked convincingly enough to cost organisations real money — and Europe is no longer relying on goodwill.

August 30, 2026 Miriam Česáková

AI Model Simulates Visual Cortex from fMRI: What This Means for EU Neurotech

Carnegie Mellon researchers are combining fMRI scans with machine learning to simulate how the visual cortex builds images. We look at the science, its limits — and why Europe's GDPR and AI Act already apply to the brain data behind it.

August 30, 2026 Daniel Cesak

Agentic AI and the 45:1 identity gap: why IAM fails when machines act alone

Non-human identities outnumber employees 45:1, and 92% of security leaders say legacy IAM can't govern AI agents. We unpack this week's BankInfoSecurity webinar, the €290M funding wave, and the AI Act rules that now have teeth.

August 30, 2026 Daniel Cesak

How to tell your boss you use ChatGPT — and keep GDPR compliance intact

Pasting a customer's name into ChatGPT can cost your employer millions. Here's how to use AI at work transparently: what to say to your boss, which settings to switch off, and what never belongs in the chat box.

August 30, 2026 Miriam Česáková

AI and jobs: what von der Leyen's September 16 EU address signals for Europe

Von der Leyen's September 16 EU address is expected to put AI's impact on employment, climate and Ukraine support at the centre of the agenda — as the AI Act enters binding enforcement. What it means for workers.

August 29, 2026 Miriam Česáková

Andrew Bailey says AI can fix UK productivity. The data says it is more complicated

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey called AI and robotics a "critical source" of faster growth at Jackson Hole. We test that claim against the real numbers — 2.9% inflation, 3.75% rates — and what it means for AI deployment in Europe.

August 29, 2026 Daniel Cesak

AI is now visible in law firm billing: associate rates dropped 10.2%

Wolters Kluwer's data from $230B in legal invoices shows AI is past the pilot phase: 92% daily use, real time savings, and billing rates starting to fall. The new bottleneck is training — and the AI Act.

August 29, 2026 Daniel Cesak

ChatGPT ads land in India: ₹725 daily minimum, €7, and a Meta VP hire

OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT ads in India with a ₹725 daily minimum and 50+ launch brands — and hiring Meta's Sandhya Devanathan for Southeast Asia. Here's how the India pricing compares with Europe and why the AI Act will shape what comes next.

August 29, 2026 Daniel Cesak

AI coding editor Cursor losing its connection to OpenAI models

OpenAI is Cutting Off Cursor. The Developers Caught in the Middle Are European

After SpaceX sealed a $60 billion deal for the AI editor Cursor, OpenAI is pulling its models in November. For European developers, the lesson is not to build a workflow on a single provider.

August 29, 2026 Miriam Česáková

Salesforce cuts 1,000 jobs while its AI business Agentforce passes $1 billion

About 1,000 Salesforce employees are losing their jobs across marketing, product management, communications and data analytics, according to Business Insider as reported by Goodreturns. The layoffs land even as Salesforce disclosures say Agentforce has passed $1 billion in annualised revenue and has recorded 18,500 deals, 9,500 of them paid, according to Salesforce.

August 28, 2026 Miriam Česáková

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