OpenAI has highlighted a widening opportunity for European businesses to turn growing artificial intelligence (AI) adoption into higher productivity, as AI agents now account for more than half of the output generated through its enterprise and business platforms in the European Union (EU). In its latest report, OpenAI said businesses need to move beyond experimenting…
E-commerce Revenues in Europe Reach €911 Billion In a noteworthy development, European e-commerce revenues soared to an impressive €911 billion (approximately $1.036 trillion) in the previous year, realizing a seven percent growth amidst pervasive economic and political uncertainties. These figures were unveiled in an annual joint industry report that highlighted the sector’s resilience against external…
By Egle Markeviciute, EU Tech Loop with Euronews Published on 25/05/2026 – 10:04 GMT+2 The European Union is seeking ways to promote the use and application of AI across European businesses, thereby boosting European competitiveness and productivity, while policymakers are trying to simplify the artificial intelligence and data protection rulebook to ease the administrative burden and…
Ran Ronen, Founder and CEO of Equally AI, part of AudioEye, helping companies achieve compliance with ADA, EAA, and WCAG requirements. Many companies treated the European Accessibility Act as a deadline problem. Build an accessibility page; add a clause to your terms; check the box. The deadline passed. The problem didn’t. What many leaders don’t…
European spending on artificial intelligence is forecast to reach $290 billion by 2029, according to a report by the International Data Corporation (IDC). The forecast represents a compound annual growth rate of 33.7 per cent between 2025 and 2029, reflecting rapid expansion across the region. Growth is expected to be driven by major investments from…
Two years after the European Parliament passed the Artificial Intelligence Act, MEPs this week finally adopted a report on copyright and generative AI. On Tuesday, March 10, Parliament passed its resolution on “Copyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities and challenges” with an overwhelming majority of 460 votes to 71, and with 88 abstentions. Related The report…
Last year, 78 percent of internet users in the European Union made at least one online purchase. Ireland ranks highest, with more than 95 percent. In Romania, the number of online shoppers has grown the most over the past ten years. This emerges from new figures published by Eurostat. Both the amount of online EU…
Europe’s business environment is entering a new phase of digital maturity. For years, commentators have argued that companies across the continent move more cautiously than their counterparts in the United States and parts of Asia. While there is some truth to the historical pattern, the current wave of enterprise-grade AI tooling is beginning to narrow…
European publishing and legal software companies have suffered sharp declines in their share prices after the US artificial intelligence firm Anthropic revealed a tool for use by companies’ legal departments. Anthropic, the company behind the chatbot Claude, said its tool could automate legal work such as contract reviewing, non-disclosure agreement triage, compliance workflows, legal briefings…
envelio, a Cologne-based smart grid software provider, has introduced a new digital planning tool designed to help distribution utilities navigate the rapidly changing conditions of the energy transition. The application, called the Strategic Grid Planner, extends the company’s Intelligent Grid Platform (IGP) and focuses on enabling loadflow-based, multi-year system planning for distribution networks. The launch…
