From 24 August, ChatGPT ads arrive across the EU and Switzerland — but built differently: consent-first, contextual-only, opt-in for more. GDPR reshaped the product in real time. A genuine win for the Brussels Effect, and a sharp question about whether consent is control or ritual.
The AI for Good Summit — organised by the UN’s International Telecommunication Union — runs July 7–10 in Geneva, Switzerland. It is the world’s largest UN-system AI event, bringing together governments, civil society, academia and industry to address AI’s impact on the sustainable development goals. This year’s summit arrives at the most consequential moment in AI history — six weeks after Google I/O, six weeks before the EU AI Act’s August 2 enforcement date, and in the middle of a $725 billion GAFAM infrastructure spending cycle that is reshaping the global economy. gafam.ai will be covering the summit live — from Geneva, from a European perspective.