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The year 2025 was the year the AI Chamber really took off as a voice of the CEE AI ecosystem – it was a time of intense work, key debates, and building a strong position for Central and Eastern Europe on the global AI map. From Brussels to Sofia, from hard data to philosophical disputes […]

You have probably read a ton of 2025 summary posts by now, but perhaps you will take a moment to read one more. This is our very subjective selection of just a few trends or events that seemed important to us over the course of the past year. You may disagree with both our selection […]

In Europe, the conversation about artificial intelligence has focused heavily on regulation, while its position in the technological race will ultimately be decided by other factors. One way to look at them, reflected in our CEE AI Action Plan, is to think in terms of five pillars: infrastructure, data, human capital, regulation and financing. It […]

After the announcement of the Digital Omnibus, which also contains some targeted and much-awaited changes to EU data protection rules, a somewhat expected wave of activist hysteria hit Brussels once again. “Selling Europeans’ rights to Big Tech”, “the biggest GDPR rollback in EU history” – it’s a narrative that brilliantly generates emotions and clicks on […]