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AI Office set-up announced, Lucilla Sioli to be in charge

Commission announces set-up of unit tasked with overseeing the AI Act.

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How the world is grappling with AI: acts, pacts and declarations

This week is set to be an important one for AI with an international summit held in Korea and a sign-off on the AI Act in Brussels.

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Council of Europe adopts first binding international AI treaty

Unlike the EU AI Act, this treaty can be signed by non-European countries.

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Which key tech lawmakers will stay in Brussels?

We've listed the most influential incoming and outgoing members of the EU Parliament on digital issues.

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Can social media swing the EU election?

Compared to the 2019 election more EU platform rules are in place.

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Commission to look for head of AI Office when law is fully approved

Recruitment for technical and policy roles at the office already begun last month.

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Meet the Europeans behind the world’s first AI regulation

Finding a balance between protecting fundamental rights and fostering innovation, drafting laws capable of keeping pace with the artificial intelligence (AI) innovation. These are two of the challenges encountered by MEPs Dragoş Tudorache and Brando Benifei, the co-leaders of the EU AI Act.

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The EU passed the first AI law. Tech experts say it’s ‘bittersweet’

In a world-first, the EU has passed legislation to regulate artificial intelligence but while some argue it does not go far enough, others say it could hurt companies with “additional constraints”.

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Lawmakers approve AI Act with overwhelming majority

Lawmakers in the European Parliament today (13 March) approved the AI Act, rules aimed at regulating AI systems according to a risk-based approach.

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As EU AI Act enters into force, focus shifts to countries' oversight

Member states have 12 months to nominate national competent authorities tasked with compliance.

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Court ruling casts doubt on bloc’s standards bodies' funding

A landmark ruling by the EU’s top court could put a brake on lucrative business for private standardisation entities across Europe.

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Green MEPs question ethics of Mistral AI’s deal with Microsoft

Mistral AI’s new partnership with Microsoft has raised questions about the role of Big Tech in Europe.

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Microsoft President on how AI is going to change life as we know it

In an interview with Euronews, Brad Smith, President of Microsoft suggests that if AI ‘is the most powerful technology in the world, shouldn't it have at least as much regulation as a carton of milk?’

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What is open source AI and why is profit so important to the debate?

Regulators, start-ups and Big Tech are split into two camps in the open versus closed source artificial intelligence debate, where safety and profit take precedence.

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Nazi AI chatbots are here. Are we in a new era of online extremism?

The far-right social media network Gab now hosts a Hitler chatbot, sparking fears over AI’s ability for online radicalisation.

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The Big Question: If AI is the solution, what is the problem?

Businesses should think long and hard about whether AI is the best solution for their problems and invest in auditing to avoid unfair, biased and inefficient results, according to Eticas Tech CEO Gemma Galdón-Clavell.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.