Article Alert: A Robust Governance for the AI Act: AI Office, AI Board, Scientific Panel, and National Authorities

Article Alert: A Robust Governance for the AI Act: AI Office, AI Board, Scientific Panel, and National Authorities Authors: Claudio Novelli, Philipp Hacker, Jessica Morley, Jarle Trondal, and Luciano Floridi Abstract: Regulation is nothing without enforcement. This particularly holds for the dynamic field of emerging technologies. Hence, this article has two ambitions. First, it explains […]

EU AI Act Compliance Journey

EU AI Act Compliance Journey The EU AI Act is intended to regulate the development, supply and use of AI systems and AI systems for general purposes in the EU. Operators, including providers and installers, must demonstrate compliance with the applicable requirements before placing such systems on the market or offering services. The appliedAI Institute […]

Artificial Intelligence Act: MEPs adopt landmark law

Artificial Intelligence Act: MEPs adopt landmark law This article is written by Yasmina Yakimova and Janne Ojamo for European Parliament News. On Wednesday, Parliament approved the Artificial Intelligence Act that ensures safety and compliance with fundamental rights, while boosting innovation.  The regulation, agreed in negotiations with member states in December 2023, was endorsed by MEPs with 523 […]

Global AI Law and Policy Tracker

Global AI Law and Policy Tracker Countries worldwide are designing and implementing AI governance legislation and policies commensurate to the velocity and variety of proliferating AI-powered technologies. Efforts include the development of comprehensive legislation, focused legislation for specific use cases, national AI strategies or policies, and voluntary guidelines and standards. There is no standard approach […]

What does the EU AI Act mean for Affective Computing and Emotion AI?

What does the EU AI Act mean for Affective Computing and Emotion AI? This article is written by Michel Valstar on his LinkedIn blog. The EU AI Act will heavily affect innovation and commercialisation of affective computing in the EU. Despite talk of having measures to support innovation, the EU AI Act will seriously stifle […]

2024 BRIEF overview on LLM / “foundation models” / 2023’s version of “AI”

2024 BRIEF overview on LLM / “foundation models” / 2023’s version of “AI” This article is taken as is from the blog of Prof. Joanna Bryson. History: In 2023, the EU was consolidating its legislation called “The AI Act” (or AI Regulation.) Despite the fact that this is a fairly boring piece of legislation just […]

News: Committees Confirm Landmark Agreement on AI Act

News: Committees Confirm Landmark Agreement on AI Act MEPs have endorsed at committee level the provisional agreement on the Artificial Intelligence Act that ensures safety and complies with fundamental rights. On Tuesday, 13th February, the Internal Market and Civil Liberties Committees voted 71-8 (7 abstentions) to approve the result of negotiations with the member states on the […]

On EU AI Office

On EU AI Office Assimakis Komninos, a partner at White and Case LLP, writes about the establishment of EU AI Office on his LinkedIn post. He writes: One particular development that has gone relatively unnoticed is the publication last week by the European Commission of its Decision establishing the European Artificial Intelligence Office (AI Office). So what […]

Leaked EU AI Act is ‘a wake-up call for organisations’

Leaked EU AI Act is ‘a wake-up call for organisations’ This article was written by Thomas Macaulay for The Next Web. A leak of the EU’s AI Act removes doubts about its adoption, but critics fear that the plans will inhibit innovation. All 892 pages of the final version were published on Monday by Euractiv tech editor […]

Japan’s Approach to AI Regulation and Its Impact on the 2023 G7 Presidency

Japan’s Approach to AI Regulation and Its Impact on the 2023 G7 Presidency This report was authored by Hiroki Habuka and published on Center for Strategic and International Studies. Artificial intelligence (AI) is making significant changes to our businesses and daily lives. While AI brings dramatic solutions to societal problems, its unpredictable nature, unexplainability, and […]