A policy analysis from June 2026 When Ursula von der Leyen stood before delegates at the Paris AI Action Summit in February 2025 and declared that global AI leadership was “within reach” for Europe, it was a statement of intent as much as strategy. Six weeks later, on 9 April 2025, the European Commission published […]
Europe’s evangelistic approach to insisting Apple open up personal data to competing AI services is hurting Apple users in the region. More than that, it also places its entire business sector at risk, and a newly-published Jamf survey suggests why.
Announced at WWDC 2026, Apple Intelligence/Siri AI relies on personal, contextual data to run. Europe wants that same information to be made available to third-party services for competing apps, but has not worked with Apple to protect user confidentiality. It’s an approach that places your data at risk of exfiltration using those apps because Europe is insisting Apple share personal information with the developers of other apps.
The desire to protect that data is why Apple won’t distribute Siri AI in the EU for a while.
Jamf survey exposes the IT risks of AI
It’s not as if Europe doesn’t understand the risk of data leaks in an era of AI. Just look at the bloc’s focus on things that do matter, such as sovereign AI or managed AI services li
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The arson attacks highlight escalating hybrid warfare tactics, raising concerns about national security and geopolitical stability in Europe.
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The framework deal with Iran could stabilize global oil markets, reduce geopolitical tensions, and influence monetary policy decisions.
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Anthropic export controls turned an abstract policy fear into a live one last week: as of June 13, 2026, one US government directive took the company’s two most powerful AI models offline for users everywhere, including, briefly, Anthropic’s own foreign-born employees, and set off alarm bells across Europe and Canada about who really controls the […]
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Lagarde's push for a digital euro highlights Europe's strategic shift towards financial autonomy and innovation in digital infrastructure.
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The ECB's rate hike amid the energy crisis may slow economic growth, heighten inflation risks, and impact investment strategies in Europe.
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The European Commission has unveiled its plans for digital sovereignty. Its proposals betray a disappointing lack of vision
Beti Hohler is a Slovenian national who lives in the Netherlands. Like tens of millions of other Europeans, she uses Apple’s app store and has an Amazon account. When she travels for work or leisure, she may want to book a place on Airbnb or Booking, using a credit card issued by Visa or Mastercard, perhaps through PayPal.
But when the Trump administration sanctioned her last year for her work as a judge at the international criminal court (ICC), her ability to use any of these services vanished overnight. Her credit cards, her accounts with US companies – all gone. The sanctions against Hohler and some of her colleagues mean they live in “constant uncertainty”, she said.
Max von Thun is the director of Open Markets Institute Europe, an anti-monopoly thinktank
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