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[CISPE @cispe_cloud]

🇪🇺 How European is European AI really?

AI & cloud are inseparable. But can an AI solution truly be sovereign if it depends on non-European infrastructure?

CISPE Advisor Mikkel Næsager discusses the implications for digital sovereignty with @AiPortalen.

https://t.co/7WA77hBCkr

[CISPE @cispe_cloud]

5/5 ⚠️ The current text contains loopholes that could allow foreign-controlled services to be repackaged and sold as sovereign offerings, undermining trust in the framework.

🔗 Read our full response: https://t.co/HUkNgN3kgW

[Margrethe Vestager @vestager]

We welcome the creation of the European Cloud Competition Observatory by @cispe_cloud, as part of the settlement agreement with @Microsoft.

👉ECCO will help to limit unfair licensing practices in the cloud market. That means more affordable choice for all 🇪🇺 cloud customers.

[CISPE @cispe_cloud]

📢 CISPE is proud to launch the European #Cloud Competition Observatory (ECCO) as part of our settlement agreement with @Microsoft.

First discussed with Vice President @Vestager, the ECCO will monitor unfair #SoftwareLicensing practices across the 🇪🇺 cloud sector.

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[ben maynard @benm1969]

Imagine a world without egress fees or cloud software license disparities https://t.co/X30p0QZIis via @theregister

[CISPE @cispe_cloud]

[1/4] Big week in France for CISPE! 🇫🇷

🗓️13 September: We are auditioned by French MPs at the @AssembleeNat on our views regarding the need to include unfair software licensing practices in the planned ‘Loi pour sécuriser et réguler l’espace numérique (SREN).’

[CISPE @cispe_cloud]

[1/2] 🗓️Save the date!

On 27 September, CISPE & @EUDCA, in collaboration with SpainDC, will be hosting an exciting conference focussed on the vital role of #DataCentres and #cloud-enabled digital technologies in Europe's green and digital transformation.

[CISPE @cispe_cloud]

[3/3] Anticompetitive practices by dominant software #Gatekeepers will continue to raise costs and limit choice for customers, whilst disqualifying competing offerings from #European vendors.

It is clear the #DMA is missing the mark in protecting European customers & businesses.

[CISPE @cispe_cloud]

[2/3] CISPE's argued from the outset that the #DMA’s failure to prohibit self-preferencing practices of dominant software vendors undermines the Act’s objectives.

The 4⃣ #antitrust cases against @Microsoft introduced at 🇪🇺 level during the Act's adoption underscores this point.

[CISPE @cispe_cloud]

[1/3] The release of today's Digital Markets Act #DMA #Gatekeepers list falls short of addressing unfair productivity software licensing practices in the 🇪🇺, and their detrimental impact on European businesses as they move to the #cloud.

@ThierryBreton

[ben maynard @benm1969]

Really proud of all the hard work that went in to hitting this significant milestone. It is unusual for a sector to come together, put aside competitive differences and commit to change for the greater good. In just 2 years over 75% of the data centre cap…https://t.co/0TXcLAPRta

[ben maynard @benm1969]

Well said @Auke49. Important that regulators listen to sector-wide inputs from industry especially in fast evolving area like cloud and AI! https://t.co/1MiVNYYb23

[ben maynard @benm1969]

Time to take the red pill and escape the Microsoft Matrix. https://t.co/Mo4CQMcFza

[ben maynard @benm1969]

Great to see Slamcore keeping it real in the world of #robotics and #spatialintelligence. UK success story in #deeptech https://t.co/ijZKWRORV2

[ben maynard @benm1969]

incisive commentary from @Auke49. as he says, it's all about the cloud! https://t.co/fMUcFxvfv8

[ben maynard @benm1969]

Last night competition expert Professor Jenny took part in a panel event hosted by the FTC in the USA. He presented his research, commissioned by CISPE (Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe) showing the impact of unfai…https://t.co/vKksy5oxXH https://t.co/RfyjTbB5x2

[CISPE @cispe_cloud]

Insightful analysis by top business professor @wgnrstfn on how @microsoft’s unfair #cloudsoftware licensing practices harm Europeans financially and restricts choice.
He calls for urgent and ‘early countermeasures in #competitionpolicy’.
Read his piece 👉 https://t.co/ltvzYAB80S

[ben maynard @benm1969]

Great video from @JoannaStern. The pace of development is so fast in AI that the current 'fails' will quickly become 'passes' I expect. I kinda like the idea of having an AI-me to join endless zoom calls and report back! https://t.co/21jDLr0eYd

[ben maynard @benm1969]

Great to have the Hyve Managed Hosting team on board! https://t.co/TVMqCpdUEO

[ben maynard @benm1969]

Fascinating topic and one that also impacts the communications consultants' side of the coin. How can we know if the blogs, opinions and content we create will influence AIs that potentially crawl owned channels? https://t.co/HrO67PKGsd