Keve Urges SMEs To Join EU Survey On Workplace Safety And Workers’ Rights

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) is encouraging small and medium-sized enterprises to participate in a European Commission survey on occupational safety and health, as well as the protection of workers’ rights across subcontracting chains.

A Consultative Step Toward New EU Employment Rules

The survey is being conducted through the Enterprise Europe Network as part of the European Commission’s preparations for the forthcoming Quality Jobs Act. The initiative aims to help align future employment standards with the evolving needs of the labour market.

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Why The Commission Wants Business Input

According to Keve, the Commission is collecting information on how businesses manage occupational health and safety, protect workers’ rights within subcontracting chains, and assess the costs and benefits of implementing those measures.

Why Participation Matters For SmEs

Keve said participation is important because the findings will help shape future European employment policy and influence standards related to job quality. For SMEs, the exercise offers an opportunity to ensure that new rules reflect operational realities rather than relying solely on top-down assumptions.

Businesses interested in contributing can complete the questionnaire online by July 27, 2026. The chamber noted that no EU Login account is required to take part.

Keve is encouraging eligible businesses to share their experience so that upcoming regulations can better reflect the specific needs of Europe’s SME sector.

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Mirendil Signs $100 Million Google Cloud Deal To Advance Self-Improving AI

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August 6, 2026

AI startup Mirendil has signed a multi-year agreement worth more than $100 million with Google Cloud to secure computing infrastructure for its self-improving AI research.

The partnership reflects growing competition among AI companies to lock in access to high-performance computing, while cloud providers race to attract promising startups developing next-generation AI models.

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Backing The Next Stage Of AI Research

Mirendil plans to use Google’s Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), Nvidia GPUs and managed training infrastructure to develop AI systems capable of improving their own performance over time.

Known as recursive self-improvement, the concept focuses on building AI that can refine its knowledge and capabilities with minimal human intervention. The technology is attracting growing interest across the industry, with several startups and leading AI labs exploring similar approaches.

According to co-founder and Chief Executive Behnam Neyshabur, the long-term goal is to develop AI that can automate scientific research and accelerate discoveries in fields such as medicine, biology and materials science.

Compute Capacity Becomes A Strategic Asset

Training increasingly advanced AI models requires enormous computing resources, making long-term infrastructure agreements a critical competitive advantage.

Mirendil said Google’s combination of TPUs and GPUs allows workloads to be matched with the most suitable hardware, improving efficiency while reducing costs for customers.

For Google Cloud, the agreement strengthens its position in the race to provide infrastructure for frontier AI developers, while giving the company exposure to one of the industry’s emerging approaches to next-generation artificial intelligence.

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