Campaigners display a mobile billboard urging the European Commission to stand up to Trump and Big Tech and defend Europe's digital laws, in front of the EU headquarters in Brussels last week. “The EU regulates while the US innovates” has been a popular refrain among senior officials in the Trump administration and at boardroom level among big US tech firms. The European Commission has now unveiled an Omnibus Bill aimed at simplifying regulations covering artificial intelligence, data protection and privacy. He recommended a series of far-reaching reforms across the digital economy, amid concerns the EU was falling behind the US and China in AI. The EU had introduced one of the world’s first attempts to regulate AI through an AI Act in July 2024.

Source: The Irish Times November 23, 2025 22:32 UTC