The US is trying to discourage DEI, including with AI tools. The EU is taking the opposite approach. It's a big clash on a topic that is as important as it can be tricky to navigate. Who decides what the rules are? How do you manage hard dilemmas? We don't have most of the answers, but we sure have a lot of questions. 

The main sources for this episode:

- https://www.wired.com/story/ai-safety-institute-new-directive-america-first/

- https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/07/us/trump-federal-agencies-websites-words-dei.html

- https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/631352/ai-search-adobe-analytics-google-perplexity-openai

- https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/regulatory-framework-ai

More people are turning to AI for their search. Does this mean Google is in trouble? What does the future of search look like and how will this shape the internet?

Articles used to research for this episode:

https://blog.google/products/search/ai-mode-search/

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/24/chegg-sues-google-for-hurting-traffic-as-it-considers-alternatives.html

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/23/24162896/google-ai-overview-hallucinations-glue-in-pizza

https://sparktoro.com/blog/2024-zero-click-search-study-for-every-1000-us-google-searches-only-374-clicks-go-to-the-open-web-in-the-eu-its-360/

https://searchengineland.com/google-search-market-share-drops-2024-450497

https://mistral.ai/news/mistral-afp

https://sparktoro.com/blog/traffic-is-down-revenue-is-up/

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1093781/distribution-of-googles-revenues-by-segment/

Deep dives into the European AI Summit and the EU AI Act, plus some best practices on how to best use AI in your work. 

Sources used for this episode:
- https://www.techpolicy.press/at-paris-ai-summit-us-eu-other-nations-lay-out-divergent-goals/
- https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/paris-ai-summit-draws-world-leaders-ceos-eager-technology-wave-2025-02-10/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/technology/ai-summit-paris-technology.html
- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/11/us-uk-paris-ai-summit-artificial-intelligence-declaration
- https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/02/11/ook-in-europa-gaat-het-ai-debat-nu-over-investeren-investeren-investeren-a4882715
- https://www.techpolicy.press/paris-just-hosted-a-major-ai-summit-it-biggest-debate-was-a-trap/
- https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/time-to-place-our-bets-europes-ai-opportunity
- https://aichampions.eu/
- https://www.currentai.org/
- https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/high-level-summary/
- https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mistral-ai
- https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2024/760392/EPRS_ATA(2024)760392_EN.pdf

For this opening episode we're doing deep divest into two key pieces of EU legislation that will have a massive impact on the tech and business worlds - the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA). 

Sources used for this episode:

• Official DMA page
• Official DSA page
• Apple fined €1,8B
• Booking no longer requiring lowest available price
• The DSA and impact on content moderation (Chicago School)
• EC code of conduct
• Meta probe on addiction
• Elon and DSA
• TikTok lite