EU enforces AI Act for general-purpose models

The AI Act obligations for providers of general-purpose AI (GPAI) models have entered into force on 2 August across the EU.The Commission’s GPAI guidelines and endorsed Code of Practice offers a compliance path, but scrutiny will be high for non-signatories. The debated FLOP threshold (i.e., computational power used to train AI, measured in floating pointContinueContinue reading “EU enforces AI Act for general-purpose models”

AI Geopolitical Economy Week #3025

This week’s newsletter reports on the accelerating intersection of technology, politics, and global power across Europe, the US and China. In Europe, the publication of the new AI Act guidelines spurred controversies with tech giant Meta refusing to sign the voluntary conduct (though Open AI and Mistral agreed to adopt). Meanwhile in the US, TrumpContinueContinue reading “AI Geopolitical Economy Week #3025”

AI Policy 2022 Overview

Just came across an overview of AI policy for 2022 published by AI Hub. It covers ongoing AI policy debates across different regions. It also suggests this great EuropeanAI Newsletter. Not at all a comprehensive source, but a good place to start mapping developments. United States: Blueprint for AI Bill of Rights Canada: Draft LawContinueContinue reading “AI Policy 2022 Overview”

Upcoming Hearings: US space policy, cyber defense and EU Artificial Intelligence Act

European Parliament March 28 | 13:45 – 18:45 CEST: Committee on Legal Affairs. Harmonised rules on Artificial Intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act) and amending certain Union Legislative Acts. See details. March 29 | 16:15 – 16:45 CEST: Press Conference on the Presentation of JURI position on Artificial Intelligence Act. See details. US Congress March 30 |ContinueContinue reading “Upcoming Hearings: US space policy, cyber defense and EU Artificial Intelligence Act”

China’s new draft proposal for algorithm regulation

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has proposed a new 30-point draft regulation for algorithms and is soliciting public feedback by September 26, reports two young Chinese (HK-based) journalists. According to their report, the draft proposal is part of the Chinese government’s initiative to redirect users “attention to online content that the state deems fitContinueContinue reading “China’s new draft proposal for algorithm regulation”