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EU-wide goals hide national grid and permitting differences. The source does not establish open public access to supercomputing capacity.", "evidenceClass": "policy-intent", "geographies": [ "European Union" ] }, { "kind": "source", "id": "PC-S15", "title": "Robotics", "publisher": "European Commission", "url": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/robotics", "publishedAt": "2026-03-27", "accessedAt": "2026-08-02", "limitations": "A policy page is not deployment data. It does not establish that open-world autonomy will be reliable by 2031. Regulated care, transport, safety and security duties cannot be delegated to private software merely because a robot is involved.", "evidenceClass": "policy-intent", "geographies": [ "European Union" ] }, { "kind": "source", "id": "HBD-13", "title": "European Health Data Space Regulation", "publisher": "European Commission", "url": "https://health.ec.europa.eu/ehealth-digital-health-and-care/european-health-data-space-regulation-ehds_en", "publishedAt": "undated-at-access", "accessedAt": "2026-08-01", "limitations": "Entry into force is not operational interoperability; implementing acts, national readiness and enforcement remain consequential.", "evidenceClass": "measured-trend", "geographies": [ "European Union", "Europe/EU" ] }, { "kind": "source", "id": "SC-R04", "title": "Household composition statistics", "publisher": "Eurostat", "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/SEPDF/cache/29071.pdf", "publishedAt": "undated-at-access", "accessedAt": "2026-08-02", "limitations": "Household form does not measure loneliness or belonging; member-state patterns vary.", "evidenceClass": "measured-trend", "geographies": [ "European Union" ] }, { "kind": "source", "id": "PC-S08", "title": "India's Common Compute Capacity Crosses 34,000 GPUs", "publisher": "Press Information Bureau, Government of India", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2132817&lang=1®=3", "publishedAt": "2025-05-30", "accessedAt": "2026-08-02", "limitations": "Empanelled capacity is not the same as continuously available capacity. GPU counts do not capture performance differences, networking, storage or software readiness. Government reporting is not evidence that every person can access every listed resource.", "evidenceClass": "measured-trend", "geographies": [ "India" ] } ], "rankingIndexPath": "rankings/category-006/index.json", "sourceReceipts": [] }