Earlier this month, the Commission launched a call for tender for a study on how to foster energy efficiency & limit the carbon footprint of AI technologies. The #AIAct envisages energy efficiency should be included in technical standards for GPAI models. digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/funding/art…

En coopération avec la CNIL, la Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens a prononcé à l’encontre des sociétés Uber B.V. et Uber Technologies Inc. une amende de 290 millions d’euros pour avoir transféré des données personnelles hors UE sans garanties suffisantes 👉 cnil.fr/fr/transferts-…

Meta can resume training of generative #AI models in Brazil, the privacy authority says. shorturl.at/drs2d

#Americans in #Belgium, the election is coming soon! Time to get #ElectionReady. Join us for our Hounds for Harris event! This Sunday Sept. 8th at 3pm by the lake in Bois de la Cambre, Brussels! All are welcome, bring your dogs! democratsabroad.org/505251/hounds_…

ALERT: Belgium puts Hadja Lahbib forward as candidate for European Commissioner #Belga #BreakingNews #Europe #EU

Good news for Twitter. Next step will be Meta.

.Data Protection Commission Ireland will ask EDPB for an opinion on #AI systems' use of personal data to train models. shorturl.at/IFbTY

VDL introduces “dear Mario” for a crucial report about EU future competition policy. He backs in-country telecom consolidation, new pan-EU market definition for telcos rather than national markets.

A nice end of two mandates for Margrethe Vestager

“Europe must leverage the complementarities between industrial and competition policy”: my comments to ⁦MLex ⁩ content.mlex.com/#/content/1594…

Google’s AI model subject to Irish privacy inquiry euronews.com/next/2024/09/1…

The EU and US are considering splitting the Trade and Technology Council to save what could be saved. The idea is to make the tech part merely technical, whereas the question of trade policy would still be dealt with at the political level. content.mlex.com/#/content/1595…

Henna Virkkunen, Finland's pick for European commissioner, could soon be saddling up for a hefty role at the European Union's top echelons as the strongest contender for a tech and innovation portfolio. My report for POLITICOEurope politico.eu/article/eu-fin…

Quite a twist to the normal plot line.

Let's see what DG Comp does with this. It could be put in a drawer with a nice note saying, "yeah, thanks for trying."

The cyclist/pedestrian wooden bridge is finally installed at quatres bras intersection in Tervuren ⁦Sam Wilkin⁩ ⁦Aoife White⁩ 🚴❤️

Every vote counts in a tight presidential race! Democracy happens when all Americans vote, especially those overseas. #votefromabroad ⁦Vote from Abroad⁩ #DemsAbroadBelgium go to Votefromabroad.org

Dodgy dealing might be back in the financial services sector. European Commission has raided some financial-derivates companies in two EU states today. The shadow of Libor, Euribor, Forex etc is a long one... ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

The Council's discussions on the #AI Liability Directive are starting to move again. Last week, the Hungarian presidency shared a set of questions on the most discussed issues: evidence disclosure and rebuttable presumption. All details on MLex. content.mlex.com/#/content/1598…

The European Commission has published the chairs and vice-chairs of the #GPAI Code of Practice, who will have a critical role in the drafting. Congrats to all of those appointed for this delicate task. digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/meet-c…