US pressure revives call for powerful EU tech regulator

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Pressure from the US government and the scandal surrounding X's artificial intelligence tool, Grok, have resurfaced an old debate in Brussels about whether the EU can enforce its own digital rules in a politically independent manner. Some European policymakers say the solution could be to create a strong, non-institutional EU tech watchdog that would withstand pressure from Washington and enforce the rules uniformly, Politico reports.