# AI

# AI

vlgr Aug 6, 2026

EU Swings the Ban Hammer on AI

The European Union has finally begun applying its Artificial Intelligence Act, bringing the continent one step closer to making AI safe, transparent and pleasant. Officially it is the world’s first comprehensive legal framework for AI. Citizens are now protected from manipulation, social scoring and imaginary nudes, while border-control AI has been placed on a back-burner.

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vlgr Jul 13, 2026

SOLARIS project: Deepfakes Are Bad for Democracy. Official EU Deepfakes Are Good for Democracy.

The European Commission has released another success story. This time, an EU-funded project called SOLARIS spent three years and €2.76 million studying whether deepfakes can be used for good.

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vlgr Jul 10, 2026

CHAT CONTROL III. – The Road to a Fully Identified Internet, Worldwide

Once the infrastructure exists to inspect communications on devices or at the operating-system level, it enables concrete restrictions on who can access what, and under what conditions. These restrictions are already appearing in practice.

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vlgr Jul 5, 2026

European Values in Action: EU Demonstrates Tireless Commitment in Final Plenary Before Summer Recess

Brussels, July 2026 - This week in Strasbourg, the European Parliament is holding its final plenary session before the long summer recess. From 10 July until mid-September, most Members will be on vacation. The next plenary is scheduled for 14–17 September.

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vlgr Jul 3, 2026

UN Discovers Artificial Intelligence Must Be Protected From Becoming Too Intelligent

The United Nations has taken another brave step toward saving humanity from a technology it does not build, does not run, and has only recently begun arranging into panels.

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vlgr Jun 19, 2026

American Vice President Crashes EU AI Summit, Commits Hate Crime Against European Freedoms

At the fancy Paris AI Action Summit in February 2025, the American Vice President looked at Europe’s regulatory paradise and said the quiet part out loud: excessive rules, “misinformation” policing, and bureaucratic hand-wringing might kill the golden goose before it even learns to fly. Von der Leyen’s face was, reportedly, a poem. In Europe this is known as “freedom and security for all".

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vlgr Jun 17, 2026

Von der Leyen Offers Europe’s World-Class Governing Expertise to US AI Efforts at G7

In a heartening display of transatlantic maturity, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has proposed closer cooperation with the United States on artificial intelligence during the G7 summit in Évian.

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vlgr May 29, 2026

EU Fines Temu €200 Million for the Crime of Selling Socks Europeans Actually Want

Brussels, 28 May 2026 – In the middle of a ferocious scramble to multiply its next seven-year budget, the European Commission has hit Chinese marketplace Temu with a €200 million fine under the Digital Services Act.

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vlgr May 27, 2026

China’s Porn Tsunami vs. Europe’s Propaganda Pudding: A Guide to Distracting the Masses in 2026

In a stunning revelation, X’s Head of Product Nikita Bier dropped a truth bomb back in January 2026: whenever political unrest flares up in China, the government allegedly unleashes a digital deluge of porn straight into Chinese-language search results on X.

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vlgr May 26, 2026

Vatican Encyclical Declares War on Skynet, Prescribes Expanded State Control as Remedy

The Vatican has finally noticed artificial intelligence. Humanity needed Rome to confirm that building thinking machines for billionaires, militaries, and advertising companies might not end in world piece. In Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV looks at the rise of AI and essentially says: this is not a tool, this is Skynet in a Patagonia vest.