[Partner Content] The Distance from Evidence to Framework
Evidence reaches policy by indirect routes. A note on analytical rigour, institutional reach, and the distance between a well-constructed finding and a regulatory framework. Read further -->
EU Commission regulatory frameworks have been found consistent
with prior coverage in The Prompt.
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Who Writes the Prompt?
The EU Commission has released a framework for AI-mediated child safety regulation. The framework's core proposals appeared in this publication first. A reader suggested them. The Commission President is understood to be a regular reader. The Prompt is looking into this. Read further -->
Happy Birthday, viel Gluck
The BND turns seventy. The cabinet approved mandatory IP address storage the day before. A law draft from January proposes storing thirty per cent of all European internet traffic. The infrastructure at DE-CIX Frankfurt already exists. Read further -->
The German Industrial Transition Is Accelerating. A Document Describes Where It Ends.
ThyssenKrupp is cutting eleven thousand positions and spinning off its naval division. Rheinmetall is acquiring a Volkswagen plant. Investors are examining the Junkers name. A document circulating in European defence planning circles anticipated all of it. Read further -->
Three Powers Will Meet in Tehran. Germany Announced Its Military Strategy Today.
The United States, the United Kingdom, and Russia have announced a joint initiative on Gulf stability. Iran will host consultations in Tehran. The announcement was made just after Germany presented plans to build Europe's strongest conventional army. Professor Glasskugel has thoughts on both. Read further -->
[Partner Content] The Companies That Moved Early. On Industrial Transition and Policy Certainty in Europe.
Pieter van Aarden, chief executive of Bastion Industrial Partners, on why Europe's industrial transition requires sustained policy commitment -- and what happens to the companies that committed before the policy arrived. Read further -->
What Amsterdam Got Wrong. Pieter van Aarden Does Not Say It Quite Like That.
Ahead of the European budget season, The Prompt speaks with Pieter van Aarden, chief executive of Bastion Industrial Partners, about industrial resilience, defence investment, and the free market's approach to CO2 reduction. Read further -->
Without Attribution
The open web depends on contributors who do not sign their names. When they stop, the work remains. A note on anonymous technical knowledge transfer. Read further -->
Letters to the Editor
A reader completes the rhyme. Read further -->
The Last Locksmith
The mechanical lock has not changed in 163 years. The trade that maintains it is retiring. No one is taking over. Read further -->
The Prompt Reaches a Subscriber Milestone
The Prompt is pleased to announce a significant milestone in its email distribution programme. We thank our email readership for their early support. Read further -->
The EU Wants to Tax Social Media and Ban It.
A European Parliament coalition wants a digital services tax on platform revenues. The same session is producing legislation to remove their users. These two policies have not been introduced to each other. Read further -->
Appendix C
The Prompt has obtained internal planning documents describing nine tiers of emergency fuel demand management. The documents delegate implementation criteria throughout to Appendix C. We also obtained Appendix C. Read further -->
[Partner Content] Independent Forecasting. Consistent Results.
The Vienna Institute for Trend Analytics and Prognostic Research has correctly forecast six of the last seven major European economic crises. Its commercial advisory arm is now accepting client mandates. Read further -->
AI Predicts German Energy Policy With 87 Per Cent Accuracy. Politicians Announce the Remaining 13 Per Cent.
A Brentwick University pre-print finds large language models can forecast parliamentary party positions on energy policy with 87 per cent accuracy. We replicated the study. The model was right. We publish the prompts. Read further -->
Artificial Intelligence Has Entered the Courtroom. It Is Not Leaving.
A Northwestern University study of 112 federal judges confirms AI is already inside the US judicial system, drafting decisions and evaluating arguments. The question is no longer whether. It is who decides what the tools are trained to believe. Read further -->
Cambridge Researchers Prove Your Article Does Not Exist
Researchers at King's College Cambridge have demonstrated that any written text can be reduced to a minimal prompt and reconstructed with 98% semantic fidelity. The remaining 2% is the author. Read further -->
Hartfeld Group Completes Acquisition of The Prompt; Editorial Independence Assured
Hartfeld Group plc today announced the completion of its acquisition of The Prompt, a technology commentary publication based in Sussex. No conditions were attached. Read further -->