AI is moving very fast and we need to move too. The call from the Future of Life Institute @FLIxrisk to pause the development of very powerful AI for half a year, although unnecessarily alarmist, is another signal we need to focus serious political attention on this issue.

There is no point in stopping #ArtificialIntelligence developments like #ChatGPT. #AI is already here, everywhere. Rather, we must set the right guardrails for all high risk use cases of AI, including #ChatGPT. 👉That’s the whole point of the #AI Act. OpenAI

Here they are 📺⬇️. The first batch of very large #platforms & #search engines that will have to comply with our new 🇪🇺 internet rules including: 👉 Removing #illegal content 👉 Increasing #algorithm transparency 👉 Checking #ID of #marketplace sellers #DSA

#DSA: The European Commission announced the first 19 platforms that qualify as VLOPs/VLOSEs, for which the rulebook will kick in on 25 August. Of these, only Zalando declared a lower number of active users. The Commission is still investigating 4/5 platforms. euractiv.com/section/platfo…

NEW: GNI has held multiple discussions with our full membership to inform the development of this submission, and we are pleased to be able to share core principles and commitments we hope to see reflected in the #GlobalDigitalCompact. Read our input: globalnetworkinitiative.org/gni-submission…

WEEKEND LISTENING: Catch up on the Pope's face-off with Viktor Orbán, the Italian tourism campaign that launched a thousand memes, and finding the funny in EU politics in our latest episode. Links to all podcasting apps here: pod.link/1315776736/epi…

Vandaag staan we stil bij ruim zeventig jaar samenwerking ipv slagvelden tussen de landen van de Europese Unie 🇳🇱🇪🇺💪🏾☔️ “Europese samenwerking 🇪🇺💶duur? Dan weet je niet wat oorlog kost” @EUolifant Jan van Zanen De Haagse Hogeschool / THUAS (INACTIEF/INACTIVE)

🎟️ I just registered for RightsCon Costa Rica (June 5-8, 2023)! Will you join me at the world's leading summit on human rights in the digital age? Get your ticket today, and see you there! ➡️ rightscon.org/attend

Constructive meetings with #digital ministers Carme Artigas🇪🇸, Marie Bjerre🇩🇰 & Jean-Noël Barrot🇫🇷 and important discussions at Telco Council #TTE in Luxembourg: ✔️AI Pact / AI Act ✔️Future of Connectivity ✔️5G security ✔️Priorities of upcoming 🇪🇸 Presidency

Afgelopen vrijdag was ik bij de formele Telecomraad om met collega’s te praten over digitalisering. Over hoe we de kansen daarvan kunnen pakken maar ook hoe we ons beschermen tegen dingen die we niet willen ↴

BREAKING: The European Parliament has adopted the #AI Act with an overwhelming majority. No last-minute amendment outside the text adopted at the committee level made it, including those from the European People's Party on Remote Biometric Identification.

AI Act enters final phase of EU legislative process ift.tt/3dRVcJ0

"A Taxonomy of AI Panic Facilitators" A visualization of leading AI Doomers (X-risk open letters, media interviews & OpEds). Some AI experts enable them, while others oppose them. The gender dynamics are fucked up. It says a lot about the panic itself. Your thoughts?

White House has key tech companies sign up to voluntary steps towards safe, secure & trustworthy AI. Let’s hope this ‘first step’ will lead to less self-regulation and more democratic governance with indep. oversight, transparency, accountability soon ↘️ whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

Today is publication day for the first 4 papers resulting from a unique collaboration between Meta researchers and outside academics to study the political effects of Facebook and Instagram in the 2020 U.S. election! 🧵 1/N

You’ll be missed! Enjoy your time offline!

Deal! #AIAct

📝 Signed! Coreper I Ambassadors confirmed the final compromise text found on the proposal on harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (#AIAct). The AI Act is a milestone, marking the 1st rules for AI in the 🌍, aiming to make it safe & in respect of 🇪🇺 fundamental rights.

Our fantastic event on the European AI futures with @SPUI25 is now online! We were very happy to have so many of you in the beautiful Singelkerk. More events coming this spring - stay tuned! with Joanna J Bryson Lisa Vermeer Pegah Maham and Marieke de Goede youtube.com/watch?v=IyS-Lw…