Saturday, January 31, 2026

The Corner Newsletter: Amazon Seeks to Police Emerging AI Agent Market

 OMI, here.

The Bundeskartellamt's vision for our future: really?

 A. Mundt, here

"Key priorities include:
1. a significant reduction in regulatory and bureaucratic burdens in the EU, including targeted rules for digital markets;
2. addressing high energy prices
3. completing the EU internal market, including capital markets, banking and telecoms;
4. reducing strategic dependencies in energy, digital infrastructure, AI, pharmaceuticals and raw materials."
 

My humble take:


 

 

 

 

Next year... 


 

Publishers cautiously welcome proposals giving them more control over Google's AI summaries

 

Indeed: cautiously.

G. Lovelace, here

WhatsApp will now charge AI chatbots to operate in Italy

 TechCrunch, here

Herzog's Pinguin promotes Europe

 


Here.

Presenter Julian Worricker is joined by Cecilia Rikap, economist and Head of Research at University College London’s Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

 BBC, Here.

Digital Markets Act under pressure: Enforcement, AI Expansion, and Transatlantic Tensions

 With Konstantina!, here.