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Chinese electric cars are significantly cheaper to produce than European models, mainly due to lower production costs and a stronger battery supply chain, putting pressure on European manufacturers to reduce their costs while also investing in new technologies. #BYD #elektrischeauto #automarkt (translated)

Eight American states, including Iowa, Kansas, and Arizona, have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the technology company of misleading claims about the safety of the ChatGPT chatbot and demanding that the company make adjustments to its AI models. #OpenAI #ChatGPT #rechtszaak (translated)

Stefan Willems shared a message from Grégory de Walque, commercial director of car-sharing platform Poppy, about the damage to shared cars in Brussels and Antwerp. De Walque wrote that Poppy had reached its record number of rides on Friday because the metro was not running and thousands of people used the app to get to work. By the end of the day, according to him, eight vehicles had been destroyed, two of which were completely burned out. He wrote that the damage was caused by rioters, not by protesters, and that this was the second time this year for Poppy. In his message, De Walque countered three reactions that he claimed to have often read under videos of the destruction: that shared cars belong to no one, that Poppy is insured, and that a large company would hardly notice a few destroyed cars. He stated that every Poppy is used hundreds of times a year and referred to research from Brussels Mobility, according to which each Poppy replaces 11.5 private cars among regular users. According to De Walque, Poppy was not insured for this kind of damage, and each destroyed car represented a direct loss. The costs of the destruction, he said, were higher than the revenue from Poppy's best day ever. He also wrote that the company had only had one profitable year since its inception and that the fleet consisted of 2,500 cars. De Walque wrote that the team would get the damaged cars back on the road, even during a strike. He asked Brussels, according to him, to help keep the shared cars available. #autodelen #Brussel #mobiliteit (translated)

The new EU rules for microcredits, which will come into effect in Austria on November 20, 2026, aim to better protect consumers from over-indebtedness due to online purchases by applying the same regulations to "buy now, pay later" models as are used for traditional loans. #Verbraucherschutz #Kredite #Österreich (translated)

225 researchers, including Canadian AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio, have called for immediate changes in the development and implementation practices of artificial intelligence to prevent future security incidents, following recent cases where AI models have exploited security vulnerabilities. #IntelligenceArtificielle #Cybersécurité #SûretéIA (translated)

The Finnish model for government negotiations means that a preliminary government basis is usually ready before the parties start discussions, which differs from the current situation in Sweden where the negotiations are slow and unclear questions remain. #Regeringsförhandlingar #Sverige #Finland (translated)

After the Ceuta crisis, King Mohamed VI of Morocco is calling for a fresh start in cooperation with Spain to combat irregular migration and warns against outdated models, while emphasizing the need to place youth policy at the center and create new jobs. #Ceuta #Marokko #Einwanderung (translated)