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Commission’s staffing and financing of AI Office raises eyebrows in capitals

The European Commission’s plan to hire some 100 staff members for its new AI Office and finance it with a reshuffled budget from the Digital Europe Program has raised questions from EU member states, according to minutes of a meeting seen by Euronews.

01/02/2024

Europe News

Euroviews. Can the EU AI Act embrace people's needs while redefining algorithms?

The EU's flagship AI legislation doesn’t cover all cases, scenarios, or terminology, but it may complement existing legislation of the member states, including accessibility, equality or social protection laws, Yonah Welker writes.

29/01/2024

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Commission sets up AI office as sign-off on rulebook nears

The European Commission today (24 January) said it will set up an AI Office tasked with implementing the nascent Artificial Intelligence Act at EU level, with operations starting in the coming months.

24/01/2024

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What impact could the EU's AI Act have on jobs?

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Here's what we know about how the EU's planned AI Act could influence jobs as well as what companies are hiring.

11/01/2024

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Brussels my love? 2024 set to be a big bumper election year

In this edition, we look ahead to a year that will be marked by key European Parliament elections and a leap in AI.

06/01/2024

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AI went mainstream in 2023. It was also the year we started to panic

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT catalysed a surge of interest in the technology. But it also fuelled anxieties about it.

27/12/2023

Business

Inflation, AI and Elon Musk: Five business stories that dominated 2023

Euronews Business looks back at five business stories that dominated the global landscape this year.

21/12/2023

Tech News

Euroviews. Q&A: People will only use technology they trust, Microsoft expert says

Euroviews spoke to Jeremy Rollison, Head of EU Policy at Microsoft in Brussels, about many of the burning questions around European and global regulatory cooperation on artificial intelligence, and what regulating AI will mean for Europe's citizens.

21/12/2023

Tech News

'Potentially disastrous': Tech sector says the EU AI Act goes too far

The EU AI Act still isn’t set in stone and the European elections could shake things up. For now, the tech industry fears the act may stifle competition.

15/12/2023

Europe News

Marathon Brussels talks fail to reach deal on EU AI Act

The European Parliament and member states failed on Thursday to reach a political deal on the AI Act following marathon talks in Brussels that stretched over 22 hours.

07/12/2023

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Euroviews. The fight for the AI Act is a clear case of defending the public good

If an agreement is not reached this week, this will represent a big missed opportunity for Europe and one of the biggest scandals involving the influence of interest groups in the internal affairs of the EU, Michelangelo Baracchi Bonvicini writes.

06/12/2023

Tech News

Euroviews. EU governments' hypocrisy is on full display over dangerous police AI

Our governments must be willing to put their money where their mouth is, ensuring that state uses of AI are subject to the same reasonable rules and requirements as any other AI system, Ella Jakubowska writes.

04/12/2023

Tech News

Will the EU's landmark bid to regulate AI fall at the last hurdle?

Negotiators are due to finalise the world's first set of rules regulating artificial intelligence (AI) but a wobble this week could set it back years.

04/12/2023

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Experts urge EU governments to regulate AI instead of companies

Foundation and powerful AI models such as ChatGPT and Bard have become a sticking point in the EU’s AI Act.

29/11/2023

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Euroviews. AI Act's regression to self-regulation will hurt fundamental rights

Back in April 2021, when Brussels proposed the first cross-sector AI regulation in the world, it claimed to protect fundamental rights and promote innovation. In 2023, fundamental rights may not remain fundamental to this regulation, Dr Kris Shrishak writes.

22/11/2023

Tech News

Euroviews. Can emerging AI strategies protect vulnerable groups?

Algorithms mirror the society that created them, posing the logic that in order to address specific challenges legislation should reflect the society, not just the algorithms themselves, Yonah Welker writes.

22/11/2023

Tech News

Germany, France and Italy reach agreement on future EU AI Act rules

Disagreements from key EU member states, including France, on how artificial intelligence (AI) should be regulated threatened to derail EU legislation.

19/11/2023

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Euroviews. The EU should make facial recognition history for the right reasons

Whilst civil rights activists have long called for an outright ban, certain EU lawmakers may see the AI Act as an opportunity to claim that they are doing the (human) right(s) thing — and actually doing the opposite, Ella Jakubowska writes.

16/11/2023

World News

Euroviews. Not regulating AI should be out of the question

A radical deregulatory approach to artificial intelligence, now spearheaded by France and Germany, would fail the EU AI ecosystem and will instead allow existing US AI companies to dominate, Dr Kris Shrishak writes.

15/11/2023

Tech News

Europe's top experts discuss future of AI in Brussels

The one-day International Artificial Intelligence Summit in the heart of the EU sought to find answers to many of the questions around global AI regulatory cooperation, and what it will mean in practice.

08/11/2023