AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoAI Infrastructure: The Dutch government has committed €120 million to European AI infrastructure and responsible development, aiming to reduce reliance on foreign tech giants. The plan lands amid growing resistance: protesters broke into Microsoft’s planned Amsterdam data-centre site, and police arrested up to 200 people. Tech and IP: Bailiffs acting for Jaguar Land Rover raided BYD offices in the Netherlands over claims its SUV copies the Defender; a court case is due this week. Dutch Research: The Verwey-Jonker Institute has sought payment suspension, citing funding cuts and clients’ growing use of AI. The 55-employee social research institute says it hopes to continue operating. Science: Researchers in Utrecht helped uncover clues to the mystery of high-temperature superconductors by studying electrical noise. Separately, scientists found a rare, three-dimensionally preserved fossil of a crab-like marine animal in Limburg, dating back 66 million years.
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