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Report: From Policy to Practice: Prototyping The EU AI Act’s Human Oversight Requirement

Our latest policy prototyping project looks into the AI Act and examines and tests the human oversight requirements to provide valuable insights for both policymakers and professionals.

• AI Act and law

(NL) How we involved employees in data-driven and AI innovation processes in 6 coaching trajectories

The knowledge centre developed some modules/workshops to engage with employees and employers on the implementation of technologies and the potential impact. Discover them here.

• Workfloor

(NL) Bram Allegaert (BrainBugs) on the learning community 'AI and ethics in practice': a sounding board and a good place for inspiration

We spoke briefly with Bram about his experiences with the learning community so far.

• Ethics in practice

(NL) Does AI create digital inclusion opportunities or challenges?

In an increasingly digitised society, digital inclusion remains a key challenge. For instance, 1 in 2 citizens are currently said to be digitally vulnerable. Will artificial intelligence (AI) change this? And in what way?

• Digital inclusion

(NL) SolidMonitor: Fleming wants to use personal data safe mainly for health applications

For the second year in a row, imec researchers at UGent and VUB conducted an online survey of 2,500 Flemish people on privacy, personal data and data safes.

• AI in Flanders

(NL) Event: Slimme Stad, Tevreden Burger?

Find the report and presentations (in Dutch) of the event here.

(NL) Looking for support to make the transition to Industry 4.0?

In the BOOT project, several products were developed that can get you started in choosing the right Industry 4.0 technologies and introducing them in a participatory way in your company.

• Workfloor

Join our learning community 'AI and ethics in practice'

Are you focussing on the ethical, legal and societal aspects of AI and data-driven technologies in your work? Would you like to discuss this with other professionals and learn from peers? Then the learning community ‘AI and ethics in practice’ might be something for you!

• Ethics in practice

(NL) What do Flemish people think about smart home technology?

In 2023, the knowledge centre conducted a large-scale survey to investigate the attitudes, perceptions and practices of Flemish people regarding data-driven applications in the home context and smart home technology.

• AI in Flanders

(NL) SOLIDMonitor – Privacy, personal data & data safes

The SOLIDMonitor probed the Flemish' current attitudes and behaviours regarding online privacy and data sharing from a broad perspective. Discover the main findings here.

• AI in Flanders

(NL) What happens to your data when you pass away?

Should your loved ones be allowed to access all your WhatsApp messages when you die? These days, our digital legacy is as important as the objects we physically bequeath. What is it and what should you consider? We looked into it.

(NL) The Datawalk as a conversation starter

What is the added value of a Datawalk, a walk around data sources in the city? We asked UNIZO and the Province of East Flanders.