You can’t regulate your way to AI sovereignty

The Next Web reports that for years, critics of Europe’s AI strategy have made the same argument: while America builds artificial intelligence, Europe writes laws for it. The EU AI Act became the clearest expression of that divide – a landmark attempt to…

For Australian readers, the useful question is what this changes in everyday work: costs, productivity, privacy, hiring, or the tools businesses rely on. We are watching this story because practical AI adoption is moving quickly, and the impact often reaches workplaces before policy or training catches up.