Tag: AI Act

Guest blog: A Fundamental Rights Impact Assessment for law enforcement AI systems
Guest blog: A Fundamental Rights Impact Assessment for law enforcement AI systems

To address ethical and privacy concerns as police and law enforcement organisations increasingly deploy AI, the ALIGNER project has developed a tool for identifying and mitigating the risks that their AI systems may pose to individuals and society.

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Template Instructions for Use in accordance with the AI Act
Template Instructions for Use in accordance with the AI Act

This working template includes 'instructions for use' as required for high-risk AI systems under Article 13 of the AI Act.

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Belgium – Artificial Intelligence Systems and the GDPR: a data protection perspective
Belgium – Artificial Intelligence Systems and the GDPR: a data protection perspective

The Belgian Data Protection Authority released an information brochure outlining the interplay between the GDPR and the AI Act in AI system development.

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UNESCO - Consultation paper on AI regulation: emerging approaches across the world
UNESCO - Consultation paper on AI regulation: emerging approaches across the world

This Consultation paper on AI regulation discusses 9 emerging regulatory approaches to AI that are being considered across the world.

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Call for Participation: feedback session on 'Policy Prototyping the AI Act: Human Oversight' Project
Call for Participation: feedback session on 'Policy Prototyping the AI Act: Human Oversight' Project

The Knowledge Centre is looking for candidates to give feedback on prototypes of the human oversight measures in the AI Act

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Policy Prototyping the AI Act: human oversight - workshop report
Policy Prototyping the AI Act: human oversight - workshop report

The Knowledge Centre organized a workshop on 4 September to kick off its next policy prototyping project. This year the focus of the project is on human oversight under the AI Act.

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EU - EU AI Act: entry into force & overview main provisions
EU - EU AI Act: entry into force & overview main provisions

On August 1st 2024 the AI Act entered into force. From now on, several parts of the AI Act will become applicable on various moments.

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Court of Justice of the EU – Case regarding credit scoring and automated decision making (Schufa I & II,  C-26/22 and C-64/22, C-634/21)
Court of Justice of the EU – Case regarding credit scoring and automated decision making (Schufa I & II, C-26/22 and C-64/22, C-634/21)

Can credit scoring be considered a form of automated decision-making and can personal data be kept longer than it is publicly available in public registries?

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Summer blog - In the pursuit of a greener GenAI
Summer blog - In the pursuit of a greener GenAI

Is GenAI an ally or an enemy in the fight against climate change? This week's guest blog delves into how GenAI impacts the environment and explores how the EU AI Act addresses sustainability.

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Court of Justice of the EU - Case regarding the paid access to harmonised standards for goods (C-588/21)
Court of Justice of the EU - Case regarding the paid access to harmonised standards for goods (C-588/21)

On 5 March 2024 the CJEU issued a ruling regarding the right of access to harmonised product standards.

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Policy prototyping 2024: Call for Participants
Policy prototyping 2024: Call for Participants

Help shape the future of AI governance and participate in our policy prototyping project! The Knowledge Centre Data & Society is looking for participants for workshops on the human oversight requirements of the EU AI Act.

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New course: Responisble AI and Data innovations for professionals: from policy to practice
New course: Responisble AI and Data innovations for professionals: from policy to practice

Enroll now for our new practical Course on Responsible AI and Data Innovations. The complete course is taught in Dutch, but there will be an English Session on legal frameworks.

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Defining AI in the AI Act: Pin the Tail on the System by Tervel Bovev
Defining AI in the AI Act: Pin the Tail on the System by Tervel Bovev

Following the AI Act’s adoption by Parliament, the law’s definition of AI systems still lacks clarity. This blogpost introduces the much-debated definition of AI systems and briefly notes its shortcomings

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European Commission - European AI Office
European Commission - European AI Office

The AI Office is a new body within the European Commission charged with overseeing the implementation of the EU AI Act and promoting trustworthy AI development.

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LAILEC 2024 - Beyond the Rules: Regulatory Frontiers in AI and Data
LAILEC 2024 - Beyond the Rules: Regulatory Frontiers in AI and Data
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The Netherlands - Government-wide vision Generative AI
The Netherlands - Government-wide vision Generative AI

The Dutch government was one of the first EU governments to develop a vision document on the impact of generative AI on society.

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Webinar: Exploring 5 key topics under the EU AI Act
Webinar: Exploring 5 key topics under the EU AI Act
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Webinar: Exploring 5 key topics under the EU AI Act - Part 2
Webinar: Exploring 5 key topics under the EU AI Act - Part 2
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Report: From Policy to Practice: Prototyping The EU AI Act’s Transparency Requirements
Report: From Policy to Practice: Prototyping The EU AI Act’s Transparency Requirements

This report contains five prototypes (3 Instructions For Use and 2 disclaimers), best practices and legal feedback concerning the transparency requirements of the EU AI Act.

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brAInfood: How is the AI lifecycle regulated?
brAInfood: How is the AI lifecycle regulated?

In this brAInfood, we highlight various regulatory regimes which should be taken into account at different stages of the lifecycle of an AI system in a practical overview.

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International AI Governance - Paper on International AI institutions
International AI Governance - Paper on International AI institutions

In this academic paper, the authors provide a comparative overview of the range of international institutions that have been suggested to regulate and govern the application of AI.

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Germany – Consultation/Green Paper/Handbook on Regulatory Sandboxes
Germany – Consultation/Green Paper/Handbook on Regulatory Sandboxes

As a preparatory measure for the future German legislation on regulatory sandboxes, a public consultation on the topic was launched. This consultation builds further on past policy actions in this regard. One of those actions was the publication of a handbook for regulatory sandboxes.

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United States of America - NIST AI Risk Management Framework
United States of America - NIST AI Risk Management Framework

To improve the identification and mitigation of risks concerning AI, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology introduced a Framework on the risk management of artificial intelligence.

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Policy Prototyping the AI Act: Transparency requirements – workshop report
Policy Prototyping the AI Act: Transparency requirements – workshop report

The Knowledge Centre organized a workshop on 21 June to officially kick off its 'Policy Prototyping the AI Act: Transparency Requirements' project.

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Verslag Data-Date: Hoe voorbereiden op de AI en DAta Act
Verslag Data-Date: Hoe voorbereiden op de AI en DAta Act

Tijdens deze Data-Date bespraken we de mogelijke impact van de aankomende Europese regulering voor data en AI op de activiteiten van Vlaamse bedrijven en andere organisaties.

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Policy Prototyping 2023: call for participants
Policy Prototyping 2023: call for participants

The Knowledge Centre is looking for participants for workshops on the transparency requirements of the EU AI Act

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European AI Week: Policy prototyping the AI Act: Transparency requirements
European AI Week: Policy prototyping the AI Act: Transparency requirements
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United Kingdom - FCA: Digital sandbox pilot
United Kingdom - FCA: Digital sandbox pilot

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been piloting a Digital Sandbox-project. This project may serve as an interesting approach for regulatory sandboxes.

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Netherlands – The Dutch government's Algorithm Register
Netherlands – The Dutch government's Algorithm Register

The Dutch government has presented a first version of the public algorithm register, a central database where government algorithms can be found and analysed

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Report Policy monitor update - November 2022
Report Policy monitor update - November 2022

This report features the presentations and video recording of the policy monitor update from Friday 25 November 2022

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Policy monitor update: The AI Act, AI liability regulation and transatlantic AI policy initiatives
Policy monitor update: The AI Act, AI liability regulation and transatlantic AI policy initiatives
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Council of the EU - Compromise Text AI Act
Council of the EU - Compromise Text AI Act

The new compromise text of the Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA) by the Council of the EU has been published. The text, presented by the Czech presidency, follows and builds on the previous (partial) compromises under Slovenian and French presidencies

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Canada – Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA)
Canada – Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA)

The Canadian government published a proposal of an act to regulate trade and commerce in AI systems and protect individuals from serious harm arising from these systems

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Policy Prototyping: an assessment of Articles 5 & 6 of the EU AI act
Policy Prototyping: an assessment of Articles 5 & 6 of the EU AI act

What are the conclusions after the first policy prototyping experiment

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Paper: How to Ensure Effective Enforcement of the Artificial Intelligence Act?
Paper: How to Ensure Effective Enforcement of the Artificial Intelligence Act?

In deze bijdrage (in het Engels) gaat Martin Ebers (University of Tartu) dieper in op de vraag of de voorgestelde AI Verordening (AI Act) op effectieve wijze kan worden gehandhaafd. De auteur toont aan dat dit momenteel niet het geval is en doet daarbij eveneens een aantal aanbevelingen.

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European Commission – Liability Rules for Artificial Intelligence
European Commission – Liability Rules for Artificial Intelligence

The European Commission recently published two proposals to adapt liability rules to the digital age, circular economy and the impact of global value chains: one that revises the Product Liability Directive (‘revised PLD’) and another one that introduces an extra-contractual liability regime for AI systems (‘AI Liability Directive’).

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Policy prototyping - AI act
Policy prototyping - AI act

The Knowledge Centre Data & Society gathers feedback on the EU AI regulation through a policy prototyping exercise

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European Parliament – Draft Report on AI in the digital age
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.

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