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What you can expect from us in 2026?

In 2026, we will focus on AI literacy and maturity, digital sovereignty and digital regulation, while keeping a close eye on the technological future. In this article, we take a quick look at the topics we’ll be focussing on this year.

AI Sandboxes: Between Promises and Perils

In this guestblog, a critical but constructive look is taken at AI regulatory sandboxes under the EU AI Act. The authors explore both their promises and their perils, arguing for careful, transparent and well-resourced designs.

• AI Act and law

How to innovate responsibly with AI in healthcare?

On 2 December 2025, the ‘AI and ethics in practice’ learning community was joined by the learning community ‘8 Caring Technology Principles’of King Baudouin Foundation and Thomas More-Licalab. Read the report of this event here.

• Ethics in practice

Digital Omnibus & GDPR: a practical take on the changes

There has been a lot of fuzz around the Digital Omnibus and its proposed amendments to the GDPR. The package introduces multiple changes, but what do they actually mean in practice for companies?

• AI Act and law

New theme: AI literacy

The Knowledge Centre Data & Society is launching a new theme: AI literacy. Discover our publications and tools that help organisations to get started with this theme.

• AI literacy and maturity

(NL) AI in your browser? Beware of attackers

Perplexity and ChatGPT recently launched their own browsers: Comet and Atlas. The AI in them will make browsing smarter. In this article, you will discover what these browsers can do and we will warn you about the risks of using them.

• Ethics in practice

Policy prototyping 2026: call for participants

Wanted: participants for our article 25 (4) AI-act policy prototyping exercise. This new project takes a closer look at the minimum requirements in contracts between providers of high-risk AI systems and their suppliers in the AI Act.

• AI Act and law

(NL) Summer Blog: The Seven Prompt Commandments for Responsible Use of AI Chatbots

Are you increasingly using AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, but not yet getting the results you want? With the seven prompts in this guest article, you can increase your chances of achieving a good result.

• Ethics in practice

(NL) Summer Blog: Flemish government firmly committed to AI

How often, for what purposes, and by whom is AI used within the Flemish government? In this guest contribution, Hans C. Arents of Digitaal Vlaanderen explains how AI is currently being used within the Flemish government services.

• AI in Flanders

(NL) Summer Blog: Discussing data-driven innovation in healthcare

In this guest contribution, researcher Anouk Verhellen discusses DataKlap®, a method that encourages collaboration and dialogue between various stakeholders and supports the analysis and optimisation of data-driven systems.

• Workfloor
• Ethics in practice

(NL) Summer Blog: The city of Ghent explores the potential of AI for human-centred public services

More and more cities are exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) can contribute to better public services. In this blog, you will read about several AI use cases from the City of Ghent.

• AI in Flanders

(NL) Summer Blog: Do you need to get away from Big Tech?

Facebook, Instagram, X... For years, they were the place to reach your audience as a cultural organisation. But do the values of those platforms (still) align with the values of your organisation? And can you get away from these Big Tech players?

• Ethics in practice