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The European Commission is proposing to allow technologies with both civil and defence applications to be funded in Framework Programme 10 (FP10), in order to boost the EU’s strategic autonomy. This is one of three possibilities for boosting dual-use research featured in a white paper published this morning, which the Commission is putting to a public consultation until 30 April.

OpenAI launched ChatGPT exactly one year ago. The AI chatbot has had a far-reaching impact on how we work and study.

Since July last year universities across Europe have been busy revamping how they evaluate their research to bring assessments into line with an agreement between the European University Association and funding agencies represented by Science Europe, to put less emphasis on metrics such as number of papers published and more on the impact of research

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has spurred a radical rethink of European research priorities, with politicians including French president Emmanuel Marcon demanding that the EU urgently invest in new military technologies to defend itself, and

The president of the European Research Council has said that countries which send large numbers of their graduate students abroad but do not reciprocate by being open with scientific knowledge would ultimately be “cut off” from international research.  Maria Leptin later said that the comments, made at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, were meant to be general, and not a direct reference to China.