The Commission has launched a package of measures to support European startups and SMEs in the development of trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI) that respects EU values and rules. This follows the political agreement reached in December 2023 on the EU AI Act – the world’s first comprehensive law on Artificial Intelligence – which will support the […]
EU will have first-ever law on artificial intelligence
Following 3-day ‘marathon’ talks, the Council presidency and the European Parliament’s negotiators have reached a provisional agreement on the proposal on harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (AI), the so-called artificial intelligence act. The draft regulation aims to ensure that AI systems placed on the European market and used in the EU are safe and respect fundamental rights and EU values. […]
Commission opens access to EU supercomputers to speed up artificial intelligence development
The Commission and the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) committed to open and widen access to the EU’s world-class supercomputing resources for European artificial intelligence (AI) start-ups, SMEs and the broader AI community as part of the EU AI Start-Up Initiative. To support the further development and scalability of AI models, access to […]
Commission welcomes G7 leaders’ agreement on Guiding Principles and a Code of Conduct on Artificial Intelligence
The Commission welcomes the agreementon 30th October by G7 leaders on International Guiding Principles on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and a voluntary Code of Conduct for AI developers under the Hiroshima AI process. These principles and the voluntary Code of Conduct will complement, at international level, the legally binding rules that the EU co-legislators are currently finalising under the EU AI Act. President of […]
EU-Canada summit to take place on 23 and 24 November
The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, together with the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will be travelling to Canada for the EU-Canada Summit 23-24 November. Leaders will underscore EU-Canada’s shared commitment to democratic values, multilateralism and the international rule-based order as the bedrock of our relationship. They will reconfirm EU-Canada long-term […]
Horizon Europe: Security of robust AI systems
Expected Outcome Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following outcomes: Security-by-design concept and resilience to adversarial attacks; Inclusion of context awareness in machine learning in order to boost resiliency. Scope Proposals received under this topic will address the security of AI systems, in the line with the following considerations. […]
PhD Candidate in the Area of Edge Intelligence Design and Optimization in Norway
This PhD project will aim at proposing and implementing new techniques and frameworks to design and optimize deep learning models for edge systems. To efficiently execute deep learning applications at the edge, energy-efficient edge accelerators have been proposed in recent years such as EdgeTPU, Eyeriss, etc. Hence, designing and optimizing deep learning models for accelerators […]
EU and Republic of Korea Digital Partnership
The European Union and the Republic of Korea held the first Digital Partnership council in Seoul, Republic of Korea. The council was co-chaired by Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, and by Korean Minister for Science and ICT, Mr Lee Jong-Ho. On the occasion of the ministerial meeting, the EU and the Republic of […]
EU AI Act will be the world’s first regulation on artificial intelligence
As part of its digital strategy, the EU wants to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) to ensure better conditions for the development and use of this innovative technology. AI can create many benefits, such as better healthcare; safer and cleaner transport; more efficient manufacturing; and cheaper and more sustainable energy. In April 2021, the European Commission […]