Vice President JD Vance emphasized US dominance in AI technology while refusing to sign an international AI safety declaration at the Paris summit, highlighting growing US-China competition in the sector. Europe announced 200 billion euros in AI investments as it seeks to establish independence from both US and Chinese technology.
Reports indicate that Democratic members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) have been removed, threatening the EU-US data transfer agreement's validity. The PCLOB's destabilization, combined with Trump's executive order to review Biden-era national security decisions, puts thousands of EU businesses using US cloud services in potential legal jeopardy. This development questions the independence of US oversight bodies and the stability of executive-order-based international agreements.