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Verenigde Staten van Amerika - The New York City AI Strategy

New York City heeft een strategische visie opgesteld over hoe het als gemeenschap wil gebruik maken van AI, met de nadruk op ethiek en verantwoordelijkheid.

05.07.2022

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Council of Europe – Possible Elements of a Legal Framework on AI

The Ad Hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CAHAI) of the Council of Europe has adopted a report outlining the various elements that could be included in a legal framework on AI.

24.06.2022

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European Commission - European Parliament - Council of the EU – Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Health Data Space

The European Health Data Space (EHDS) regulation aims to enhance individuals' access to and control over their electronic health data while establishing a health-specific data environment that enables cross-border digital health services and facilitates data reuse for research and innovation to benefit European patients.

15.06.2022

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Europe – Trouble for facial recognition company Clearview in Europe

The Italian, French and British Data Protection Authorities find Clearview in breach of data protection rules.

15.06.2022

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European Commission - The EU Strategy on standardisation

The European Commission presents its strategy to strengthen the European standardisation system.

08.06.2022

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Belgium/Flanders – Proposal of resolution on the opportunities of AI and the conditions for its implementation in Flanders

This resolution includes some additional action plans that build on the efforts already made under the Flemish Policy Plan on Artificial Intelligence

11.05.2022

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Belgium - Study on Potential Policy Measures to Promote the Uptake and the Use of AI in Belgium in Specific Economic Domains

The Belgian FPS Economy published an extensive study in relation to the impact of AI on Belgian economic law (e.g. IP, insurance, competition law etc.)

28.04.2022

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Flanders – Flemish Data strategy

The Flemish government approved a data strategy and ann associated action plan

04.04.2022

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Belgium – unlawful use of facial recognition by federal police

The Belgian Supervisory Body for Police Information ruled that the use of facial recognition software of the company Clearview AI by the federal police was unlawful.

04.04.2022

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European Commission – Proposal for a Data Act

The European Commission proposed a Data Act. This act includes e.g. new rules on B2C and B2B data sharing (use, access and portability) and B2G data sharing.

24.03.2022

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OECD - OECD Framework for the Classification of AI systems

The OECD has published a user-friendly framework to help policy makers classify different types of applied AI systems

08.03.2022

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France & Austria– Use of Google Analytics deemed illegal

The French and Austrian data protection authorities ruled that the use of Google Analytics violates the GDPR

07.03.2022

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ENISA - Data Protection Engineering: From Theory to Practice

The European Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) published a new report regarding techniques for data protection by design

16.02.2022

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Germany – Facebook must allow pseudonyms

The German federal supreme court has judged that Facebook must allow the use of pseudonyms on its platform.

14.02.2022

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UK - The roadmap to an effective AI assurance ecosystem

The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI) published a roadmap in December 2021 which lists the steps necessary to establish a leading UK ecosystem of tools and services in order to ensure trust in AI.

10.02.2022

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China – New legislation regarding algorithmic recommendations

The Chinese governement published a new set of rules for algorithmic recommendations.

07.02.2022

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Spain – A State Agency for the Supervision of Artificial Intelligence and Control of Algorithms

The Spanish government will set up a state agency to monitor AI and supervise algorithms this year

25.01.2022

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United Kingdom - AI Standards Hub

The United Kingdom establishes a pilot AI Standards Hub

24.01.2022

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Ireland – Children Front and Centre: Fundamentals for a Child-Oriented Approach to Data Processing

The Irish Data Protection Commission published specific guidelines for organisations processing personal data of children.

06.01.2022

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United States of America - Responsible AI Guidelines in Practice

The Defense Innovation Unit, part of the US Department of Defence, has promulgated guidelines for responsible AI.

22.12.2021

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United Kingdom – Algorithmic Transparency Standard

The Algorithmic Transparency Standard can be used by UK government agencies and organisations working in the public sector to communicate algorithmic decision-making in a transparent, accessible and clear way.

20.12.2021

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UNESCO – First draft on the recommendation on the ethics of artificial intelligence

UNESCO's 193 member states, including Belgium, as well as China and Russia, have adopted the first-ever global standard on the ethics of AI.

17.12.2021

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European Parliament – Draft Report on AI in the digital age

This draft report lists the many challenges and opportunities related to AI and launches a series of policy proposals.

14.12.2021

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France - Second phase national AI-strategy

In the second phase of the implementation of the national French AI-strategy, the focus will be on AI-related skills and the integration of AI in the economy.

25.11.2021

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GPAI – Climate Change AI – Recommendations for Government Action

This report highlights the potential of AI to support climate action and offers recommendations for policymakers to expedite AI for climate solutions.

23.11.2021

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South Korea – Conviction of chatbot developer by data protection authority

A chatbot developer was convicted of failing to comply with several obligations under South Korean data protection laws.

17.11.2021

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United Kingdom – Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport – Data: A New Direction

In September, the UK government launched a series of proposals to reform the current data protection regulations into a more ambitious, growth-enhancing and innovation-friendly legislative framework.

12.11.2021

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NATO – AI Strategy

NATO published an AI-strategy including several principles and other points of attention.

27.10.2021

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China – General and specific ethical principles for AI

Subsequent to several declarations of principes, the Chinese governement published a first set of ethical principles relating to AI.

21.10.2021

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United Kingdom – National AI-strategy

The British AI-strategy rests on three pillars and focuses on long term plans.

14.10.2021

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