From ASML to AI Diplomacy: Dutch government unveils international AI strategy to reduce dependence on US and China

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From ASML to AI Diplomacy: Dutch government unveils international AI strategy to reduce dependence on US and China
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Who will shape the rules governing artificial intelligence in the decades ahead? Can Europe reduce its dependence on American tech giants and Chinese state-backed champions? And how far is the Dutch government willing to go to secure Europe's technological sovereignty? Behind a newly unveiled international AI strategy lies a much broader geopolitical ambition: protecting Dutch economic, security and diplomatic interests in a world where artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a source of global power.

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Dutch cabinet marks 7 October with different messages: Prime Minister Jetten remembers Israelis and Palestinians, while ministers Berendsen and Yeşilgöz focus on Israel

Dutch cabinet marks 7 October with different messages: Prime Minister Jetten remembers Israelis and Palestinians, while ministers Berendsen and Yeşilgöz focus on Israel

Three years after the Hamas attacks of 7 October, members of the Dutch cabinet are commemorating the day in notably different ways. While Prime Minister Rob Jetten explicitly referred to both Israeli and Palestinian victims of the conflict that followed, Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen and Defence Minister Dilan Yeşilgöz focused

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