For now, here's a link to the announcement:
consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press…

The Platform Work Directive in the EU is a great momentum for the #gigeconomy

🚨BREAKING: The European Parliament has just APPROVED the AI Act. What everyone should know:

➵ The AI Act follows a risk-based approach. Some AI systems are banned, such as those involving:

- Cognitive behavioral manipulation of people or specific vulnerable groups;
- Social…

Thankful for the opportunity to contribute to the conversation on proposed ICT reforms,

🚨 Meta's AI training practices are questionable, and the FTC should investigate. Here's why:

I start with a quote from Mark Zuckerberg during the Q4/2023 earnings call, which happened on February 1st:

“On Facebook and Instagram there are hundreds of billions of publicly…

UNESCO: Transforming Education Through Culture and Arts

Read the Global Framework to Strengthen Culture and Arts Education unanimously adopted by UNESCO Member States at the World Conference on Culture and Arts Education 2024 in Abu Dhabi.

Among the commitments made:
-to give…

Still buzzing from #moonshotconversations hosted by TechCabal👨🏾‍🚀 last week,

One of my key takeaways from John Kamara is that there has to be an intentional process of AI awareness in Africa….

Also Nanjira did not disappoint with the reality checks,

How much does the under-representation of women in AI research affect the overall gender bias that exists in AI solutions?

Learn how the active involvement of women in decision making roles AI teams can positively contribute to the solutions built
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Breaking: The European Parliament's IMCO Committee Press & LIBE Committee Press committees endorsed the #AIAct text with an overwelming majority. Next steps: plenary adoption on 10-11 April, to be followed by ministerial approval.

I have been waiting for this conversation,

Hope to see you next week 😊

Mark the date and time! Debate with Oscar Otieno
Bonyo Linda Olé
Kevin Mutiso
J. Walu, OGW
Kimani Muiruri
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📢 Round 2: Community Calls Next Week Monday to Thursday, 8:00 PM EAT! 🎉

We have received a 1 week extension by the Kenyan Parliament. We like to take this time to harmonize & include your thoughts & suggestions into the draft Virtual Assets Service Provider's Bill Kenya 2024.

Are you a Data Handler yearning to know more about compliance with data protection regulations? DON'T MISS this FREE WEBINAR/TRAINING on Organizational Data Governance in partnership with Kenya Privacy Professionals Association and Strathmore University on Monday 22/01/2024.

Register for the webinar via;…

🚨 EXCELLENT PAPER WARNING: check out 'Generative AI in EU Law: Liability, Privacy, Intellectual Property, and Cybersecurity.' Important info and quotes below:

The paper was published 2 days ago by Federico Casolari, Philipp Hacker, Giorgio Spedicato & Luciano Floridi @[email protected], and it covers (some of my…

⚖️ Generative AI vs. Copyright Law - a timeline. If you are a privacy professional, you can't ignore AI-related copyright lawsuits anymore. Read this:

In order to develop and train large language models (LLMs), AI companies rely on web scraping, a practice that will 'digest' all…

📚 Excited to share that 450+ people have registered for our AI Book Club. Are you an enthusiastic reader? Interested in AI? Join us! This is how it works:

Last month we had our first meeting, in which we discussed 'Atlas of AI' by Kate Crawford. Five commentators shared their…

Happy to see Competition Authority of Kenya enforce the abuse of buyer provisions and in doing so protecting SMEs.

I wrote about abuse of buyer power under the Kenyan Competition Act in 2018 in this article.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

🚨 MUST READ paper on legal aspects of AI-based automated decision-making and human oversight. Important information and quotes:

The paper 'Between Humans and Machines: Judicial Interpretation of the Automated Decision-Making Practices in the EU' was written by Elif Biber @eupolicy.social and…

Solo founders: What's your biggest learning from building a startup by yourself? 🤔

If you believe in synergies between data protection law, privacy law, consumer law, and competition law, then this is for you:

Unofficial translation: cnil.fr/sites/cnil/fil…