European Parliament’s members of staff were notified yesterday about the type of documents that were leaked. They include passports, criminal records, residence certificates, educational diplomas and more. No guidance provided except to be ‘cautious’ about phishing attempts.

BREAKING: EU ministers unanimously adopted the #AI Act. The law will be published in the official journal of the European Union in the coming days.

Update: the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers adopted the Framework Convention on #AI , Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law. Despite several authoritative voices called for amending the watered down text, not a single comma was changed.
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After the Council of Europe's own Parliamentary Assembly criticised the #AI Convention, another influential voice slammed the diluted international treaty set to be adopted at the ministerial level tomorrow. A clear sign that the triumphalistic narrative does not match reality.

Von der Leyen assigned her (largely public-funded) multi-millionaire campaign to be reappointed as Commission chief to an understaffed German comms agency now running for cover recruiting additional staff...on LinkedIn.
Brilliant scoop by Eleonora Vasques 🌍
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I am humbled to receive Center for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP)'s Europe AI Policy Leader Award alongside influential voices from the regulatory, academic and civil society fields. For those interested in attending the ceremony, I look forward to seeing you CPDP Conferences' opening night.

Yesterday, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a highly critical opinion of the #AI Convention, the world's first international treaty on Artificial Intelligence. The opinion slams the reduced scope and proposes several amendments.
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Enrico Letta will join the College of Commissioners in two weeks to discuss his report. The Former Italian PM aims to land a high-level job in the next mandate, but what could that be? Based on some early indiscretions, he could be tasked with overseeing Ukraine's reconstruction.

Consistently with the secretive approach followed throughout the process, the Council of Europe has decided to keep the text of the #AI Convention secret until the Committee of Ministers decides otherwise. So here is the text.
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I'm not being emotional but I followed the #EHDS even before its unveiling (from a leak with Luca Bertuzzi), I was in Strasbourg when it was presented, and I talked to all the main players...so yes, I'm actually happy it went through. Here's my latest story:
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