Last week, the European Commission presented the so-called “Digital Economy and Society Index” (DESI). Austria is again ranking in 10th place. Commissioner Andrus Anisp requested further investments to prevent the gap between the front-runners of digitalisation and those who made less progress from widening even further. With regard to international comparison, EU average shows that there is still a lot more to be done.

During the last session in Strasbourg the European Parliament adopted two reports to strengthen the Digital Single Market and the European economy. Both reports contain proposals on the future of a European data infrastructure and the regulation of robots; in addition, they are. The Robotics Report is one of the first global attempts to create a legal basis with regard to artificial intelligence and advanced robot technology.