The Voice of Nature: Rights for Ecosystems and Power Saving for Data Centers
The European citizens are demanding that the EU grants legal personhood to the natural ecosystems, changing the way the lawmakers view terms such as forests and lakes. Simultaneously, the Commission is announcing a less flexible regulatory environment for the AI companies willing to develop in Europe, stating that they should be using predominantly sustainable energy […]
EU Bans Explicit AI Content and Offers Relief for Smaller Companies in the New AI Deal
Earlier today, the EU institutions finalised the text of the AI Omnibus deal. The AI Omnibus was meant to simplify the rules for smaller companies imposed by the AI Act. The idea behind the simplification is to increase competitiveness by removing the “double regulation” (a situation where a company needs to fill in the same […]
AI Omnibus Enters the Trilogue
The representatives from the Parliament and the Council begin technical meetings this week in hopes to finalise the AI Omnibus rules by mid-year so they are ready for the launch on 2 August. The political will to pass the simplification package remains high and the adoption of new rules is likely in the immediate future. […]
AI and Disinformation Impacting Public Debate
The mix of artificial intelligence and disinformation is slowly creating a serious challenge to the integrity of public debate all across the globe. On one hand you have fake news, and on the other, the large-scale automated control of information flow, where actors exploit the speed and scale of AI technology to produce hyper-realistic content. […]
AI in Government Transforming Public Sector Decision-Making
The promise of AI in government is simple. A pure, un-bribable efficiency. It is a tool that can be used against human corruption. But – if an algorithm is immune to money and influence peddling, does that make it immune to the rule of law? For example, take the case of Ukraine’s Diia.AI. It’s been launched in September this year as the world’s first national AI assistant that delivers government services directly in a chat, […]
How Is Europe Regulating Generative AI and Copyright?
The global AI market is projected to skyrocket to over $1.3 trillion in the next five years. But beneath that value lies an unresolved conflict: the battle over generative AI and copyright as we know it today. AI models train on billions of works, so who should get paid? Who gets to call themselves a creator? The answer is being discussed right now in Europe. The European […]
The AI Risk Pyramid: Europe’s Strategy for Control?
Imagine if artificial intelligence was no longer just a tool, but a decision-maker? In Albania, an AI tool named Diella was appointed to a ministerial role few weeks ago, with a task to make government services more efficient and transparent. This avant-garde move begs a crucial question: as AI becomes a part of our daily lives, who sets the rules? In Europe, it’s the EU AI Act, the first comprehensive […]