Renowned AI experts call on world governments and tech giants to take action now on AI risks. “Probably none of us will have a job,” Elon Musk stated about AI when speaking remotely at a leading tech conference in Paris on 23 May. The billionaire hasn’t been shy about referring to AI as his biggest […]
Commission establishes AI Office to strengthen EU leadership in safe and trustworthy Artificial Intelligence
The Commission has unveiled the AI Office, established within the Commission. The AI Office aims at enabling the future development, deployment and use of AI in a way that fosters societal and economic benefits and innovation, while mitigating risks. The Office will play a key role in the implementation of the AI Act, especially in relation […]
Agreement on use of super-computing for AI development
The Council has reached a political agreement on a regulation to expand the objectives of the European High Performing Computer Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC), aimed at boosting Europe’s leadership in artificial intelligence (AI). The regulation adds an additional objective for the Joint Undertaking: to develop and operate AI Factories in support of an artificial intelligence ecosystem […]
Artificial intelligence act: Council gives final green light to the first worldwide rules on AI
Today the Council approved a ground-breaking law aiming to harmonise rules on artificial intelligence, the so-called artificial intelligence act. The flagship legislation follows a ‘risk-based’ approach, which means the higher the risk to cause harm to society, the stricter the rules. It is the first of its kind in the world and can set a global standard for AI regulation. […]
Artificial intelligence: is the EU’s grand plan succeeding?
Imagine we asked a chatbot what would determine the path of the EU’s future economic development. Its answer would likely be “AI”. Politicians and experts might struggle to come up with a better answer. In 2018, the European Commission adopted a coordinated plan with the member states ‒ reviewed in 2021 ‒ to scale up investment in AI and […]
EU and Japan advance joint work on digital identity, semiconductors, artificial intelligence
The EU and Japan held their second Digital Partnership Council in Brussels. The Council was co-chaired by Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, and by Japanese Minister for Digital Transformation, Taro Kono, the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, Takeaki Matsumoto, and the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Taku Ishii. The EU and […]
Horizon Europe: Reliable AI for 6G Communications Systems and Services
Expected Outcome The key expected outcomes include: Realistic applicability of AI at large scale in 6G networks for natively supporting AI architectures, common data sets and/or federated learning methodologies and assessment models, including re-training of models with the introduction/update of the data sets; AI/ML solutions that will have impactful contribution to standardisation activities; Interpretability solution […]
Full Professor in Applied AI and Data Science in Denmark
To support the advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and data science at The University of Southern Denmark, The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute invites candidates to apply for a Full Professor position to help them bring AI and machine learning into more diverse specialties. Research and organizational environment At the University of Southern Denmark […]
The keys to the EU’s new Artificial Intelligence law
Did you know that the EU will be the first to establish clear rules for the use of Artificial Intelligence? Here’s what they will consist of. Last December, the Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on what is the first Artificial Intelligence (AI) Regulation. This law stems from the European Commission’s 2021 […]