Bull expands, easing Europe's dependence
6m
French supercomputer maker Bull is doubling production capacity at its Angers plant as demand rises, seeking to reduce Europe’s dependence on U.S. technology companies.
12 Sep: an essay asks the AI industry to slow down together.
Same day: three rival CEOs agree.
18 Sep: paying users sue.
21 Sep: 22 gov leaders call for common standards.
The timeline, and what EU competition law would make of it: thecompetitionsystem.substack.com/p/the-ai-slo...
Same day: three rival CEOs agree.
18 Sep: paying users sue.
21 Sep: 22 gov leaders call for common standards.
The timeline, and what EU competition law would make of it: thecompetitionsystem.substack.com/p/the-ai-slo...
The AI slowdown pact under EU law (Buist v. Anthropic)
Four paying users of ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Gemini say the frontier labs illegally fixed the pace of AI in public. Under Article 101 TFEU most of the answer is already written. It runs against the labs on three steps out of four.
thecompetitionsystem.substack.com
October 2, 2026 at 11:03 AM
12 Sep: an essay asks the AI industry to slow down together.
Same day: three rival CEOs agree.
18 Sep: paying users sue.
21 Sep: 22 gov leaders call for common standards.
The timeline, and what EU competition law would make of it: thecompetitionsystem.substack.com/p/the-ai-slo...
Same day: three rival CEOs agree.
18 Sep: paying users sue.
21 Sep: 22 gov leaders call for common standards.
The timeline, and what EU competition law would make of it: thecompetitionsystem.substack.com/p/the-ai-slo...