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In today's edition: Google DMA judgement, CNECT DG stays, Grok AI Letter and DNA sparks.

AI giants – including Google – remain tight-lipped about whether or not they will sign the EU's voluntary AI Code.

Roberto Viola will stay on atop the EU Commission's DG CNECT, despite hitting retirement age this year.

New investigation follows earlier General Data Protection Regulation enquiry by the Irish authority that landed TikTok with a €530 million fine.

But it's still not clear which AI developers will sign up to these voluntary rules.

"An excessive, massively overreaching encroachment on our citizens' fundamental rights and freedoms," a lawmaker said about the bill that passed the Austrian lower house of parliament on Wednesday.

"What we are seeing from X right now could be considered as a major infringement of the DSA," said the Polish Deputy Prime Minister's letter to the EU's Tech Commissioner on Wednesday.

In today's edition: MEPs' GPAI code concerns, Creative Europe merger, EDPB-EDPS back GDPR tweaks.

Creative industries had already warned against such a move as they are concerned it could degrade Europe's cultural output.

Alternatives to Microsoft Office are already in the works but France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands want to go further.

The two data supervisors aren't happy about the lack of a fundamental rights impact assessment and want clarification on the choice of employee threshold.

Katherina Reiche said Europe needs fewer, not more trade barriers with the US.

"Freedom of speech belongs to humans, not artificial intelligence," said Polish Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski on Wednesday morning.

In today's edition: Simplification targets, GDPR, civil society AI letter and 28th regime.

Industry push to roll back “key legal protections” risks undermining public trust, civil society letter to Commission warns.

Merging all defence industry programmes into the new European Competitiveness Fund puts the focus on boosting domestic arms producers.

Major sums could be directed towards competitiveness and technology with military uses.

Draft conclusions also call for AI systems and other online platforms that curate news content to be sufficiently accountable.

“Broad support” to finish soon – but issues including holding limits and compensation for banks still up for debate.

The consolidated cash pot aims to plug some of Europe's investment gap by deploying public funds to free up private capital.

Consumer protection Commissioner, Micheal McGrath, will also seek views from national authorities and civil society organisations during next week's event.

Seven Swedish Security Service agents responsible for Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s protection were found to have left their activity logs public, exposing the prime minister's whereabouts.

The push for change to the Digital Decade programme comes amid rising concern about European tech sovereignty.