The EU Commission publishes a package of initiatives on Europe’s digital future to create legislation on AI and big data

The New EU AI and Data Strategy and what it Means for EU Antitrust Reform* On February 19, the European Commission (EC) published a package of initiatives (the AI and Data Package) on Europe’s “digital future,” delivering on the promise in President von der Leyen’s political guidelines to put forward legislation on artificial intelligence (AI) and big data in her first 100 days in office. This package includes a communication on European digital policy, a white paper on AI (the AI White Paper, or the White Paper), a communication on European data strategy (the Data Strategy Communication, or the Communication) and a report on safety and liability implications of AI, the Internet of Things (IoT) and robotics. On March 10, the EC published a related communication on Europe’s industrial