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The misleading maze of Bing Chat

Euroconsumers files complaint against Microsoft for misleading consumer information

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# Empower people, improve the market

Me, myself and Generative AI

Inside scoop with 10 consumer takeaways on ChatGPT from Belgium, Italy, Portugal, and Spain

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# Empower people, improve the market

Euroconsumers takes a stance against Netflix’ use of dark patterns

Netflix's crackdown on password sharing since early 2023 has prompted concerns and questions, addressed by Euroconsumers this month.

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Empower people, improve the market.

Gathering five national consumer organisations and giving voice to a total of more than 1,5 million people in Italy (Altroconsumo), Belgium (Test Aankoop), Spain (OCU), Portugal (DecoProteste) and Brazil (Proteste), Euroconsumers is the world’s leading consumer cluster in innovative information, personalised services and defence of consumer rights.

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Thu September 28 2023 15:00:00 GMT+0200
Sustainability

Cultivated meat: the future of food or just another fad?

This month’s #StartTalking will explore innovations in synthetic, lab-grown meat and other alternative proteins in development a...

Thu July 13 2023 15:00:00 GMT+0200
Digital

Data in, Data out: How it shapes ChatGPT and us

This month Start Talking will revisit ChatGPT and other generative AI systems with a two part webinar focusing on data, copyright ...

Thu June 22 2023 15:00:00 GMT+0200
Sustainability

Digital Product Passports: can information power the circular economy?

How better information can help deliver a circular economy that makes the most of our planet’s limited resources and designs out...

Thu June 01 2023 15:00:00 GMT+0200
Economy

The hunger games: are food prices being played?

Food prices have been rising steadily since mid-2021. Today food price inflation in the EU/eurozone stands at over 15%, defying th...

Wed April 26 2023 15:00:00 GMT+0200
Digital

Green and Digital:
at odds or in sync?

All across the world, countries are striving for the joint prize of a green, sustainable economy and digitally-enabled prosperity ...

Thu March 02 2023 15:00:00 GMT+0200
Digital

Chat GPT. Generating chat or cheating change and chaos?

Everyone is fascinated by ChatGPT - the latest impressive iteration of machine learning, which can deliver articulate and readable...

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Positioning & Advocacy
15.09.2023

My car data is mine: put consumers in the data driving seat

Mozilla Foundation research has revealed the huge privacy risks that connected cars pose for drivers and passengers, but the way data is handled by car companies is also a missed opportunity for porta...
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News
28.07.2023

2023 BEXT awards celebrate brands rising to the sustainability challen...

The fifth edition of Euroconsumers’ BeXt awards will celebrate the brands that stand out on sustainability, value and reliability. ...
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Positioning & Advocacy
28.07.2023

Multimodal Digital Mobility Services: on track or off the rails?

The purpose of the Multimodal Digital Mobility Services Regulation (MDMS) is to make rail journeys in the continent easier, what needs to be done to get consumers on board? ...
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Positioning & Advocacy
26.07.2023

Will virtual worlds pass the digital fairness test?

Earlier this month, the European Commission introduced its latest digital initiative on the topic of ‘virtual worlds’. What will these worlds look like and will they pass the digital fairness fitn...
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Projects
20.07.2023

Digital Product Passports: how information can power the circular econ...

The CircThread project is testing out how the information in Digital Product Passports can help build a circular economy. Find out what panelists at Euroconsumers recent webinar on the subject thought...
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Surveys & Studies
17.07.2023

Me, myself and Generative AI

Inside scoop with 10 consumer takeaways on ChatGPT from Belgium, Italy, Portugal, and Spain ...
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Towards sustainable food systems: empowering consumers and enhancing food sovereignty in the EU

We need to merge innovation with culinary tradition in order to create a sustainable and inclusive food system for everyone. Engaging in the consumer experience and understanding their reality should be the starting point, but achieving food affordability and security demands multifaceted systemic change.

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GenAI: from shock and awe to get stuck in and solve?

Crudely put, industry, investors and governments are excited about its potential, and keen to stake out an early lead in the space, whilst of course acknowledging risks. Civil society on the other hand is trepidatious. Digital rights organisations have a long understanding of how the products of mass, social, data-driven technology can be used to discriminate and exclude people and diminish human rights and wellbeing.

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From Digital Consumers to Digital Citizens: A New Narrative in the Age of AI

Have we considered how every click, search, and digital interaction contributes to the vast ocean of data without which generative AI and LLMs wouldn't exist? After all, we are not just data points; we are, each of us, the architects of the digital future. The choice of what that future becomes is, and should always be, all of ours.

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Can changes made after 2008 protect us from another financial crisis?

‘As such, the regulator must take firm measures to supervise these financial institutions more vigorously. Banking accidents are not limited to the banking sector. The challenges of our societies require an economy that is solid on its foundations.’

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Defunding the disinformation economy

The global misinformation crisis requires global thinking that cuts to the root cause of the problem - its funding and amplification models. We will see more piecemeal action, or action that strives to divert attention, or attribute individual responsibility from those profiting from the disinformation economy until pressure is applied.

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Our European member organisations are part of the umbrella network of BEUC, the European Consumer Organisation. Together we advocate for EU policies that benefit consumers in their daily lives.

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