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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.

• Literacy

(NL) AI in je browser: automatisch kwetsbaar voor aanvallers

Perplexity en ChatGPT lanceerden onlangs hun eigen browsers: Comet en Atlas. De AI erin gaat browsen slimmer maken. In dit artikel ontdek je wat deze browsers kunnen en waarschuwen we voor de risico's van het gebruik.

• 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

Summer Blog - Who’s Afraid of AI? Bias Confirmation on New Technology’s Energy Use

In this blog, Professor Marlen Komorowski analyses AI's energy impact. She argues that the environmental footprint of AI matters, but that guilt is often placed on individual users instead of addressing the systemic changes we need.

• Ethics in practice

(NL) Three-day training course "Responsibly innovating with AI"

Are you working with AI on a professional basis? Do you want to know how to pay attention to the ethical and legal aspects in your AI projects and organisation? The knowledge centre organises the training course “Responsibly innovating with AI”. Read more about it here.

• Ethics in practice
• AI Act and law

A new website highlighting key themes

With a fresh look and handy overview, visitors can now find information on the ethical, legal and social aspects of data and artificial intelligence even more easily.