Podcast Selection

EU tech chief to Elon Musk: ‘We’re protecting freedom of speech’

An interview with tech Commissioner Henna Virkkunen on the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) is featured on Radio Schuman today. The Digital Services Act (DSA) is not intended to regulate content but to protect freedom…

Threats on EU Stability- AI-Powered Crime and Foreign Influence

“In fact, the system is training itself and you don't need 200 people anymore to send all the mails,” says Europol’s Executive Director Catherine De Bolle, regarding the adoption of AI in organized criminal activities,…

Intelligence artificielle: quelle gouvernance ?

L’intelligence artificielle est au cœur des enjeux stratégiques contemporains. Alors que le Sommet pour l’Action sur l’IA vient de s’achever à Paris, cet épisode du podcast "Le monde selon l’Ifri" propose un décryptage approfondi des…

Macron’s plan to push Europe’s AI policy ahead

Eighty world leaders are in Paris for the final day of the AI Summit, a key forum for Europe’s renewed push to close the gap with AI powerhouses – the US and China. For years,…

After California, DeepSeek makes the EU nervous

The new Chinese AI model DeepSeek R1 is making waves worldwide as the start up behind it says it runs at a fraction of the cost of all existing models on the market. That seems…

Top10. How Musk’s White House appointment could test the EU

In this episode, we revisit a significant development in the transatlantic tech landscape: Elon Musk’s controversial appointment as head of the US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and its potential impact on EU-US relations. Host…

Digital governance in the era of hybrid warfare, with Estonia’s digital minister

Estonia, a leader in digital governance, is known for remote internet voting, online public services, and digital IDs, earning recognition as the world’s second most digitalized government, according to the United Nations. But its technological…

EU ventures to regulate e-commerce’s breakneck growth

The European Union is stepping up its oversight of major online platforms (VLOPs) on multiple fronts. Today Parliament debates reforms to the customs code to protect consumer rights in the digital space, while the European…

L’IA s’en va-t-en guerre

Dans cet épisode, nous avons le plaisir de recevoir Laure de Roucy-Rochegonde, responsable du Programme Géopolitique des technologies de l'Ifri. Elle vient de co-écrire un article dans le dernier numéro de la revue Politique étrangère…

EU antitrust chief Vestager to leave Commission with a bang

EU antitrust head Margrethe Vestager is wrapping up her tenure at the European Commission with two major victories as the European court of Justice ruled against Apple’s Irish tax arrangements and Google’s anti-competitive practices. These…

Will European Commission let AI providers write their own rules?

Despite the EU’s attempts to keep up with the breakneck speed of AI’s progress, NGOs fear the bloc is taking a step back in the demanding fight to regulate the technology. Reports suggest that the…

The Great Firewall: How China regulates big tech

In the past couple of decades, China has produced a multitude of big tech giants. Companies like Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance and others are well on their way to becoming household names, unique in their ability…