The AI Act rapporteurs call on Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, US President Joe Biden and governments of other countries to swiftly establish provisional principles for the development, control and use of very powerful artificial intelligence. The call by co-rapporteurs Dragoş Tudorache (Renew) and Brando Benifei (S&D) has also been signed by the shadow […]
This week, the EU Parliament’s AI Act negotiating teams are putting on the final spurt. Today, Monday, there will be a technical and a political meeting. The next and final Shadows meeting will take place on Wednesday if everything goes as planned. That, however, has not yet been determined.Last Thursday, the negotiators already reached several […]
China’s planned specifications for an ideological orientation of its AI systems have intensified calls in the West for regulation of the rapidly developing industry. Austrian State Secretary Florian Tursky, who is responsible for digitization, said Thursday that if the plans were implemented, it would be “necessary to exclude AI systems created in China from the […]
A day after US sanctions were imposed on the Russian-controlled and Budapest-based International Investment Bank (IIB), Hungary has announced its exit from the financial institution. Because of the sanctions, “the functioning of the bank has lost its meaning”, the Hungarian Ministry of Economic Development said Thursday. Therefore, Hungary is recalling its staff from the bank […]
The body that brings together Europe’s national data protection commissioners has set up a working group on ChatGPT. The European Data Protection Authority (EDSA) made the announcement on Thursday. This is a potentially important first step toward a common policy on setting data protection rules for artificial intelligence.EDSA’s decision follows a unilateral move by Italy […]
Some consider e-cigarettes the healthier way to smoke – or vaporize, to stay in the jargon. Others think they are the devil’s stuff. But the future of disposable e-cigarettes in the EU will be decided not by health considerations but by environmental ones – the Battery Regulation will probably mean their end, as my colleague […]
Negotiators dealing with the AI Act in the European Parliament are rejecting a moratorium on AI development. Elon Musk and other celebrities called for a six-month pause in AI development in an open letter. This was prompted by the rapid development of large-scale language models (LLM) such as ChatGPT.However, the reporters still want to include […]
Lawmakers in the EU and the US have no time to lose when it comes to regulating artificial intelligence, according to a survey by digital association Bitkom. According to the survey, one in six companies in Germany (17 percent) is planning to use language models such as ChatGPT to generate text. Another 23 percent can […]
Negotiations on the AI Act in the EU Parliament are entering the decisive phase. This week, two technical meetings and a meeting of the shadow rapporteurs are scheduled for the AI Act. Next week, another technical meeting and two shadow meetings are scheduled to take place. If negotiators reach an agreement, IMCO and LIBE committee […]
On Friday, the Committee of Permanent Representatives of the EU Member States (Coreper) agreed on a common position on the Data Act. This gives the Council a mandate for negotiations with the EU Parliament. The first, mainly organizational, date for the trilogue is March 29. The substantive negotiations are scheduled for April 4. The Parliament […]