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To effectively regulate AI, the United States must align national legislation with partners and international institutions and work closely with companies and civil society, argues Kent Walker, Google President of Global Affairs. Read Walker's piece emanating from the Aspen Strategy Group Workshop here: https://lnkd.in/e5BGrA2e

Experts from Weil, Flint Global and Meta recently led an informative discussion on the new EU Artificial Intelligence Act. The distinguished speakers – Adriana Capparelli, Barry Fishley, Olivia Greer, Chloe Kite, Niklas Maydell, Marco Pancini and Benoit Roussel – covered key obligations on both providers and users of AI systems and models, antitrust issues, the impact on private equity and M&A transactions, and the practical and policy implications around the EU AI Act, including what’s next in this rapidly developing space. #AI #EUAIAct

Canadians' perceptions of AI are more negative and untrusting than the global average. Peter John Loewen, director of PEARL, spoke with Amanda Lang of BNN Bloomberg about the findings of a global survey published, in collaboration with the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society, co-authored with PEARL members Blake Lee-Whiting, Thomas Bergeron, Thomas Galipeau, Hugh Needham, Sofiya Yusypovych, Maggie Arai and Lee Slinger. Read the report: https://lnkd.in/gXPJ2f-u

As AI transforms newsrooms, how can we ensure accuracy, trust and transparency are not eroded in an evolving media landscape? This in-depth panel at Trust Conference, hosted by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, is on my must-see list – exploring the challenges of treading the fine line between embracing efficiency and upholding strong journalistic values: https://bit.ly/4c8f7zv #TC2024

In our sixth episode we are joined by our German partner Nils Müller, for a discussion on AI perspectives on EU Regulation. Designed to help you look beyond the headlines and hype cycle, this series will help you make the most of the significant opportunity AI brings on an informed basis, taking into account the rapidly evolving legal, regulatory and risk and control frameworks in which the financial services industry operates. Listen here: https://lnkd.in/eKueeCRE

Last week, AI Now's EU Policy Fellow Leevi Saari spoke at European Parliament about the competition landscape of AI markets in Europe. At the event organized by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Leevi drew upon our industrial policy report: https://lnkd.in/eC3t8Rmh

📚 The legal text for the EU AI Act is an expansive 100+ page document with 113 Articles and 13 Annexes 🙌 🥂 We've distilled that tome down into some key takeaways ☕ So why not grab yourself a Friday cuppa and have a look at our nutshell overview of six of the key things to know about the EU AI Act John Buyers, Katherine Douse + Emily Tombs

As AI transforms newsrooms, how can we ensure accuracy, trust and transparency are not eroded in an evolving media landscape? This in-depth panel at Trust Conference 2024 (22nd/23rd October), hosted by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, is on my must-see list – exploring the challenges of treading the fine line between embracing efficiency and upholding strong journalistic values: https://bit.ly/4c8f7zv #TC2024

We've read the EU AI Act so you don't have to! Well, we'd still encourage you to have at least a browse if you're impacted. But for now, you can use our bitesize guide as a point of reference and let us know which bits of the regime you're finding challenging to understand or apply, or dare I say it, helpful!

Excellent interview. And good news for all AI-deployment in Europe: the EU Trust Infrastructure will make unique data verified, ethical and economically available from all sources... on a massive scale