The German government wants to further discuss the regulation of general-purpose AI (gpAI) systems. Although the General Direction of the Council was made some time ago, the debates are running hot under the impression of the emergence of ChatGPT and LaMDA, Luminous or Dall-E during the trilogue.In the paper, the federal government has raised critical […]
The recent case of Volkswagen clearly shows how dependent companies are on a functioning IT infrastructure. But it would be far more problematic if communications were disrupted on a much larger scale. That is why the German Federal Ministry of the Interior plans to significantly tighten the regulations for mobile networks, with the support of […]
The recent case of Volkswagen clearly shows how dependent companies are on a functioning IT infrastructure. But it would be far more problematic if communications were disrupted on a much larger scale. That is why the German Federal Ministry of the Interior plans to significantly tighten the regulations for mobile networks, with the support of […]
If the Commission has its way, we will be in the middle of the “Digital Decade”. The associated measures for this decade include regulatory measures at EU level on the one hand, and on the other, that the member states create the conditions for sustainable digitization with their authorities, the economy and society. To this […]
An “important milestone” are the reports of the large network platforms, emphasized Commission Vice President Věra Jourová yesterday. The reports are indeed a novelty: For the first time, providers such as Google, Meta, Microsoft, TikTok, Twitch and Co. had prepared their own reports on their actions against disinformation. In 2022, companies had committed to providing […]
The Internal Market Committee (IMCO) has set out the European Parliament’s position on short-term rentals of properties – such as vacation homes. The intention is to oblige platforms such as Airbnb, 9flats or Vrbo to provide the competent authorities with more precise data on the properties. The parliamentarians adopted the compromise proposals of the Dutch […]
BEUC, the European umbrella organization of consumer protection organizations, is calling on the EU Commission to make significant improvements to EU consumer protection law. With the results of a survey, the association wants to highlight deficits in digital consumer protection.For the consumer association, this involves fundamental questions: 50 percent of those surveyed, for example, feel […]
The Irish data protection supervisory authority DPC has imposed a heavy fine on the operator of the online video service TikTok, which is particularly popular with children, teenagers and young adults: the operator is now to pay €345 million. This was announced by the authority on Friday afternoon. The reason is the provider’s handling of […]
AI company OpenAI has announced it will open its first EU office in Dublin. The company plans to work from there with a team to handle organizational, market-entry, trust, security and legal matters to better serve the European market, OpenAI said. Ireland has a lot of experience with the location of EU headquarters of up-and-coming […]
In her State of the European Union address, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called for the opportunities offered by so-called artificial intelligence to be exploited. Europe wants to be a “global pioneer for civil rights in the digital world” in this area as well, she said. The AI Act, which is still being […]