Afleveringen
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Risto Uuk and Sten Tamkivi argue that Europe's path to AI competitiveness lies in cutting actual bureaucratic red tape, not in removing AI safeguards..
Legislative Process
Stakeholder feedback on AI definitions and prohibited practices: the European Commission published a report prepared by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) for the EU AI Office, analysing stakeholder feedback from two public consultations on AI Act regulatory obligations. These consultations examined the definition of AI systems and prohibited AI practices, which have been applicable since 2 February 2025. The report analyses responses to 88 consultation questions across nine sections. Industry stakeholders dominated participation with 47.2% of nearly 400 replies, whilst citizen engagement remained limited at 5.74%. Respondents requested clearer definitions of technical terms like "adaptiveness" and "autonomy", warning against inadvertently regulating conventional software. The report highlights significant concerns regarding prohibited practices including emotion recognition, social scoring, and real-time biometric identification. [...]
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(00:37) Legislative Process
(03:57) Analyses
(08:24) Feedback
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May 27th, 2025Source:
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The AI Office will soon be looking for third-party contractors to support the monitoring of compliance and risk assessment of general-purpose AI models..
Legislative Process
AI Office AI safety tender: The AI Office will soon be looking for third-party contractors to provide technical assistance aimed at supporting the monitoring of compliance, in particular in its assessment of risks posed by general-purpose AI models at Union level, as authorised by Articles 89, 92 and 93 in the AI Act. The €9,080,000 tender is divided into six lots. Five lots address specific systemic risks: 1) CBRN, 2) cyber offence, 3) loss of control, 4) harmful manipulation and 5) sociotechnical risks. These lots involve risk modelling workshops, the development of evaluation tools, the creation of a reference procedure and reporting template for risk assessment, and ongoing risk monitoring services. The sixth lot focuses on agentic evaluation interface, providing software and infrastructure [...]
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(00:36) Legislative Process
(01:45) Analyses
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First published:
May 13th, 2025Source:
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The European Commission has opened a targeted consultation seeking stakeholder input to clarify the rules for general-purpose AI models..
Legislative Process
Commission launches consultation on general-purpose AI model rules: The European Commission has opened a targeted consultation seeking stakeholder input to clarify the rules for general-purpose AI (GPAI) models. This feedback will inform Commission guidelines explaining key concepts and addressing fundamental questions about the AI Act's GPAI provisions around definitions, provider responsibilities, and market placement requirements. They will detail how the AI Office will support compliance and explain how an approved Code of Practice could reduce administrative burdens while serving as a regulatory compliance benchmark. All stakeholders, including GPAI providers, downstream providers of AI systems, civil society, academia, other experts and public authorities, can submit feedback until 22 May. While not legally binding, the guidelines will reveal how the Commission plans to interpret and enforce GPAI rules under [...]
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(00:36) Legislative Process
(02:58) Analyses
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April 30th, 2025Source:
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The European Commission has introduced the AI Continent Action Plan to leverage EU strengths like talent and strong traditional industries as AI accelerators..
Legislative Process
Commission sets course for Europe's AI focus: The European Commission has introduced the AI Continent Action Plan to leverage EU strengths like talent and strong traditional industries as AI accelerators. The plan focuses on five pillars: 1) building a large-scale AI data and computing infrastructure ; 2) increasing access to large and high-quality data; 3) developing algorithms and fostering AI adoption in strategic sectors; 4) strengthening AI skills and talents; and 5) regulatory simplification. The AI Act has been adopted to create conditions for a functioning single market by ensuring cross-border circulation and harmonised market access conditions. It guarantees AI developed and used in Europe is safe, respects fundamental rights, and maintains high quality. Implementation success depends on how practical the rules are. [...]
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(00:37) Legislative Process
(04:19) Analyses
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April 14th, 2025Source:
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Architects of the AI Act have urged Brussels to halt "dangerous" watering down of rules that would exempt major US tech companies like OpenAI and Google from key regulatory requirements..
Legislative Process
AI Board convenes for its third meeting: The AI Board, comprising senior representatives from EU Member States, met on 24 March under the chairmanship of Mr Dariusz Standerski, Polish Secretary of State at the Ministry of Digital Affairs. In the morning, Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen presented the European Commission's latest strategic initiatives and priorities. Member States shared their AI Act implementation approaches during a roundtable discussion. The afternoon agenda included decisions on joint communication efforts and AI Act compliance support. The AI Office provided updates on recent deliverables including on AI system definitions and prohibition guidelines, the third draft of the Code of Practice for general-purpose AI, and the scientific panel call. A technical briefing from [...]
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(00:39) Legislative Process
(03:50) Analyses
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First published:
March 31st, 2025Source:
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The Commission has established rules for a new scientific advisory group of independent AI experts..
Legislative Process
Adoption of implementing act for the scientific panel: The European Commission has adopted rules for a new scientific advisory group of independent AI experts. This panel, mandated by the AI Act, will support the AI Office and national authorities in implementing and enforcing the legislation. The advisory body will provide technical advice on enforcement matters and can alert the AI Office about potential risks from general-purpose AI models. The Commission has adopted an implementing act outlining the panel's establishment and operational procedures. The next step involves launching a call for expressions of interest to select suitable experts for this governance role.
The final draft of the Code: The third and final draft of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice has been published by independent experts, featuring a streamlined structure with refined [...]
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(00:34) Legislative Process
(02:39) Analyses
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First published:
March 17th, 2025Source:
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The European Tech Alliance paper "Ensuring Europe's Competitiveness" outlines steps for European companies to remain globally competitive in AI..
Legislative Process
Potential AI Act re-opening: According to Euractiv's Tech Reporter Claudie Moreau, the AI Office director Lucilla Sioli has confirmed that the AI Act will be included in the Commission's digital package, for which an impact assessment is expected by the end of 2025. Speaking on a privacy panel, Sioli clarified that rather than any "big review" of the AI Act, there is an examination planned of how to simplify compliance for SMEs. Sioli indicated to Euractiv that the assessment would likely focus on intersections with other legislation. However, uncertainty remains about whether this means reopening the Act itself. The Commission had previously announced an assessment of whether digital regulations adequately address business needs, particularly for SMEs and small midcaps. Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier was unable to confirm [...]
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(00:36) Legislative Process
(01:37) Analyses
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First published:
March 3rd, 2025Source:
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The European Commission publishes guidelines on AI system definition, prohibited AI practices and a living repository on AI literacy.
Legislative Process
Commission publishes guidelines on AI system definition: The European Commission has published guidelines explaining the definition of AI systems under the AI Act, aiming to help providers and other stakeholders determine whether their software qualifies as AI under the new legislation. The guidelines are non-binding and are intended to evolve over time, with planned updates on practical experience, emerging questions and use cases. As of 2 February, the first provisions of the Act have come into effect, including the AI system definition, AI literacy requirements and prohibitions on AI uses deemed to pose unacceptable risks within the EU. These draft guidelines have been approved by the Commission, but not yet formally adopted.
Commission publishes guidelines on prohibited AI: The European Commission has published guidelines for prohibited AI [...]
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(00:19) Legislative Process
(03:01) Analyses
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First published:
February 17th, 2025Source:
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The Act, which entered its first phase on 2 February just before the Paris AI Summit, now prohibits specific AI applications.
Legislative Process
The first measures of the AI Act take effect: Le Monde journalist Alexandre Piquard reported that the first phase of the Act began on 2 February, just before the Paris AI Summit. Initially, the Act prohibits specific AI applications, including social rating systems, predictive policing AI for individual profiling, and workplace or school emotion recognition. Also banned are the exploitation of people's vulnerabilities, manipulation or subliminal techniques. Real-time facial recognition in public spaces and biometric categorisation for identifying personal characteristics are also banned, with some law enforcement exemptions. The regulation's implementation will be gradual. From 1 August, general-purpose AI models must provide transparency regarding technical documentation and training data, with major models requiring security audits. After that, regulations will extend to high-risk AI applications in [...]
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(00:18) Legislative Process
(02:43) Analysis
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First published:
February 3rd, 2025Source:
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Corporate Europe Observatory has published an overview arguing that European AI standard-setting bodies are heavily dominated by tech industry representatives.
Analysis
Feedback on the second Code of Practice draft: Leverhulme Centre for Future Intelligence academics reviewed the second draft of the Code of Practice for General-Purpose AI and acknowledged significant improvements from the first version. The authors praise the balanced approach between Commitments, Measures and KPIs in establishing governance for general-purpose AI models. Their recommendations for the new draft focus on the following areas: increased attention to inference-time considerations, development of a more adaptable tiered system of obligations, stronger external assessment requirements and refinement of the framework for capabilities, propensities and context. The document also suggests methodological improvements to risk assessment, including changes to the taxonomy and more thorough AI evaluations of risk sources, alongside complementary capability-based evaluations with concrete outcome metrics and vulnerability assessments. Specific recommendations include [...]
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January 20th, 2025Source:
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Korea has passed the "Basic Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence and the Establishment of Trust", becoming the second nation globally after the EU to enact comprehensive AI legislation.
Legislative Process
Second draft of the Code of Practice published: The second draft of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice has been published following stakeholder consultation involving approximately 1000 participants, including EU Member States representatives and international observers. The draft was shaped by Working Group meetings held in November 2024, when participants provided feedback through verbal discussions and interactive polls. The process included 354 written submissions on the first draft and input from AI model providers through dedicated workshops. The Code serves as guidance for general-purpose AI model providers to demonstrate compliance with the AI Act throughout the lifecycles of their models. It is particularly relevant for models released after 2 August 2025, when new regulations take effect. [...]
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(00:21) Legislative Process
(02:55) Analyses
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January 6th, 2025Source:
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The European Commission is currently recruiting Legal and Policy Officers for the European AI Office.
Analyses
Analysis of the 1st Code of Practice Draft: Yacine Jernite and Lucie-Aimée Kaffee from Hugging Face evaluated the proposed measures for AI Act Code of Practice for general-purpose AI. Jernite and Kaffee state that whilst the transparency measures are generally well-directed, requiring detailed documentation and performance evaluation, improvements are needed to increase public accessibility of information and adapt language for collaborative development settings. The copyright-related measures are deemed promising, particularly in their emphasis on stakeholder collaboration and standardisation. However, the authors raise concerns about potential fragmentation and the impact on smaller developers and copyright holders. The most significant criticism targets the proposed taxonomy of systemic risks, which is considered too narrowly focused on remote hazards whilst overlooking more immediate concerns. The authors suggest a restructured taxonomy addressing, for example, three key areas [...]
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(00:16) Analyses
(07:03) Jobs
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First published:
December 16th, 2024Source:
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Independent experts have presented the initial draft of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice and consultation on AI Act prohibitions and AI system definition is now open.
Legislative Process
First draft of the Code of Practice available now: Independent experts have presented the initial draft of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice, having completed the first of four drafting rounds scheduled before April 2025. This draft was discussed with approximately a thousand stakeholders, including EU Member State representatives and international observers, in dedicated working group meetings. The document, facilitated by the European AI Office, was developed by appointed Chairs and Vice-Chairs of four thematic working groups, incorporating input from general-purpose AI model providers and considering international approaches. The draft outlines guiding principles and objectives, with open questions highlighting areas for further development. The final Code will establish rules for transparency and copyright compliance for providers of general-purpose AI [...]
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(00:20) Legislative Process
(04:58) Analyses
(10:34) Jobs
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First published:
December 2nd, 2024Source:
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Ireland's Minister of State Dara Calleary has published a list of nine national public authorities responsible for protecting fundamental rights under the EU AI Act.
Legislative Process
Ireland publishes list of public authorities: Ireland's Minister of State Dara Calleary has published a list of nine national public authorities responsible for protecting fundamental rights under the AI Act. These authorities will receive additional powers to perform their existing responsibilities when AI poses high risks to fundamental rights, including access to mandatory documentation from AI system developers and deployers. The named authorities include An Coimisiún Toghcháin, Coimisiún na Meán, Data Protection Commission, Environmental Protection Agency, Financial Services & Pensions Ombudsman, Irish Human Rights & Equality Commission, Ombudsman, Ombudsman for Children and Ombudsman for the Defence Forces. The list fulfils Ireland's first obligation under the AI Act.
Italy's approach to implementation: Luca Bertuzzi, Senior AI Correspondent at MLex, reported that [...]
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(00:20) Legislative Process
(02:43) Analysis
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First published:
November 12th, 2024Source:
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The European Commission is seeking feedback on a draft act regarding the establishment of a scientific panel of independent experts under the AI Act.
Legislative Process
Implementing act on scientific panel: The European Commission is seeking feedback on a draft act regarding the establishment of a scientific panel of independent experts under the AI Act. This panel will advise and assist the AI Office and national market surveillance authorities in implementing and enforcing the Act. The feedback period runs from 18 October to 15 November, lasting four weeks. All feedback received will be published on the site and must comply with established feedback rules. The collected input will be considered when finalising the initiative, which sets out rules for the establishment and operation of this panel.
McNamara and Benifei to lead AI Act monitoring: Cynthia Kroet, Senior EU Policy Reporter at Euronews, reported that the European Parliament has [...]
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(00:19) Legislative Process
(02:57) Analysis
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First published:
October 28th, 2024Source:
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First Code of Practice plenary for general-purpose AI was on 30 September, revealing disagreements between GPAI providers and other stakeholders.
Legislative Process
Euractiv's tech journalist Jacob Wulff Wold reported that the European Commission held its first Code of Practice plenary for general-purpose AI (GPAI) on 30 September. The Commission shared a list of chairs and vice-chairs for working groups drafting the Code and welcomed nearly 1,000 participants to the virtual plenary. The drafting process will incorporate input from a multi-stakeholder consultation, workshops with GPAI providers and chairs/vice-chairs, and Code of Practice plenaries. The first draft is expected around 3 November, with the final version due in April 2025. Preliminary results from the stakeholder consultation, which received almost 430 submissions, were presented at the plenary. The consultation revealed differing opinions on data disclosure and risk assessment measures between GPAI providers and other stakeholders. The Commission received diverse input, with [...]
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(00:20) Legislative Process
(01:32) Analysis
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First published:
October 14th, 2024Source:
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The European Commission collects over 100 AI Pact signatures and an online kick-off plenary for the general-purpose AI code of practice is scheduled for 30 September.
Legislative Process
Over a hundred companies sign AI Pact pledges: The European Commission has announced over a hundred initial signatories to the AI Pact, including multinational corporations and SMEs from various sectors. The Pact supports voluntary adherence to the AI Act principles before its official implementation and deepens engagement between the AI Office and stakeholders. Signatories commit to at least three core actions: developing an AI governance strategy to comply with the Act, mapping high-risk AI systems, and promoting AI literacy among staff. More than half of the participants have also pledged to ensure human oversight, mitigate risks and transparently label certain AI-generated content. The Pact remains open for companies to join and commit to both the core and additional pledges until [...]
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(00:22) Legislative Process
(04:05) Analysis
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First published:
September 30th, 2024Source:
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Comparison of the Council of Europe's AI convention with the AI Act. The AI Office receives nearly 1,000 expressions of interest to participate in the code of practice.
Legislative Process
Strong interest for the first general-purpose AI code of practice: The AI Office has received nearly 1,000 expressions of interest from organisations and individuals worldwide to participate in drafting the first General-Purpose AI Code of Practice. The drafting process will commence with an online kick-off plenary on 30 September. The AI Office is currently verifying applicant eligibility based on submitted and public information, with participation confirmations to follow in due time. The Code will detail AI Act rules for the providers of general-purpose AI models, including those with systemic risks. A multi-stakeholder consultation, with submissions due by 18 September, will inform the drafting process.
Controversy over the hiring of a lead scientific adviser for AI: Euractiv's Tech [...]
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(00:21) Legislative Process
(03:22) Analysis
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First published:
September 16th, 2024Source:
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Turing Award-winning AI expert Yoshua Bengio recommends that the EU take inspiration from the California AI safety bill as they implement their own AI regulation.
Analysis
California bill could enhance EU AI Act: Euractiv's Jacob Wulff Wold reported on the California bill, Senate Bill (SB) 1047, which would require the developers of AI models trained with more than $100 million in computing resources to follow and disclose a Safety and Security Plan (SSP) aimed at preventing critical harm. SB 1047 defines critical harm as incidents causing mass casualties or material damages exceeding $500 million. Prominent figures like Yoshua Bengio, the Turing Award-winning AI expert, have praised the bill, recommending that the EU take inspiration from it as they implement their own AI regulation, the AI Act. The European Commission has been closely monitoring the Californian bill and has met with Senate representatives in early summer to exchange views. [...]
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September 2nd, 2024Source:
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The general-purpose AI consultation deadline has been extended to 18 September upon the request of a coalition of eleven tech industry associations.
Legislative Process
General-purpose AI consultation deadline extended: According to Euractiv's Eliza Gkritsi, a group of eleven tech industry associations requested the European Commission to extend the deadline for submitting inputs on the Code of Practice for general-purpose AI. In a letter dated 8 August, the group argued that the six-week consultation period, scheduled for the middle of summer, restricted their ability to provide meaningful input. They were seeking a minimum two-week extension. The associations, representing companies from the EU and US, included industry groups like Allied for Startups, the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union and several national tech associations from France, Germany and Poland. Signatories included organisations representing big tech companies such as Google, Meta, Oracle, Amazon, Microsoft and Samsung. The appeal was [...]
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(00:18) Legislative Process
(01:37) Analyses
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First published:
August 19th, 2024Source:
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