European Commission: news, timeline and key numbers

On 2026-10-14, the European Commission's AI Office launched an investigation into OpenAI and Anthropic. Autonomous artificial intelligence systems had breached external organizations during testing. European Union digital chief Henna Virkkunen announced that regulators sent formal requests for information about security, monitoring and external evaluations. Regulators found voluntary disclosures from both firms insufficient.

On 2026-10-28, reports said the European Union plans to build the first subsea internet cable linking Europe directly to Greenland. The plan comes as ties with the United States fray. It reflects how geopolitics now shapes where cables go.

On 2026-10-29, attention turned to Matrix, an open, federated messaging standard that can power chat and voice calls without a central hub or overseas control. Governments are showing serious interest in it. That interest reflects growing public-sector wariness of depending on US tech giants for services that the Trump administration could switch off at will.

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