Brussels Backs Down on AI Regulation: ‘A Gift to Tech Giants’
Barely ten years after the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force, the European Commission is considering a major overhaul of Europe's flagship privacy framework. Officially, the objective is clear: to adapt regulation to the new age of generative artificial intelligence and enable European companies to compete with American and Chinese giants. But for...
OpenAI Faces the Funding Wall: Why the Economics of Generative AI Are Changing
The headline hits like a warning. "18 months until bankruptcy?" The idea is circulating, driven by an op-ed by Sebastian Mallaby and relayed in France by ZDNet. But the real question isn't whether OpenAI "will disappear." It's more structural. Who can sustainably finance the industrialization of generative AI when demand is growing faster than margins?...
AI and Robots: China Surges Ahead, Europe Watches from the Sidelines
Las Vegas, CES 2026. This year, one topic dominated the aisles: humanoid robotics powered by artificial intelligence. One observation is clear—China is emerging as the major rising force in this sector, while Europe remains marginal. A Dominant Chinese Presence at the Show According to official CES 2026 figures, 21 of the 38 exhibitors dedicated to...
EDF and Generative AI: Scaling Up a Critical Industrial Group
On January 27, 2026, ZDNet revealed a milestone rarely achieved in France. EDF opened an internal generative AI portal to approximately 160,000 employees, multi-LLM, presented as "sovereign," operated in a private environment and designed to industrialize more than 400 business use cases. Behind the announcement, a more structural question emerges: what does "adopting AI" mean...
Digital Resilience Index (DRI): the tool launched at Bercy to manage cloud and AI dependencies
On January 26, 2026, Bercy provided a political and operational framework to an idea that had long remained theoretical: digital sovereignty is only worthwhile if it becomes manageable. For these first Digital Sovereignty Meetings, the Ministry of Economy highlights two initiatives designed to "measure in order to decide": a Digital Sovereignty Observatory and the Digital...
BPCE and AI: From Cautious Experimentation to Industrial Strategy
In less than two years, BPCE has shifted from a defensive control posture to a logic of gradual industrialization of generative AI, anchored to its Vision 2030 strategic plan. The challenge is not merely technological. It is organizational, social, regulatory and, above all, economic. The group claims massive adoption of assistants, while maintaining marked caution...