[Technology]
AI, elections and democracy
Dr Dirk Brand on 11 March 2024
Elections will be held in more than 60 countries, including the European Union, in the world in 2024 representing about 50% of the world’s population. These countries include India, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, Ukraine, United Kingdom and the United States of America. It is therefore a crucial year for democracy around the world, although the quality of democratic governance differs significantly between all these countries. Nevertheless, the outcome of these elections is not only important for the respective countries, but it will impact the global political landscape.
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[Technology]
The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act in a nutshell
Dr Dirk Brand on 2 August 2023
In the global race to regulate AI, the EU has made significant strides to lead the way when the European Parliament adopted the EU AI Act on 23 June 2023. It is not yet the end of the road for this new law, since the text must still be discussed with the other key institutions, namely the European Commission and the European Council. These informal discussions, labelled as trilogues, have started and are aimed to be completed by the end of 2023, whereafter a two-year implementation period is expected.
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