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On 16 June, the European Parliament gave its final approval to the amendment of the AI Act under the AI Omnibus package. Formal adoption by the Council still remains, after which the text will be published in the Official Journal and enter into force. Here’s a breakdown of the biggest changes: More time for high-risk […]

In recent months, a wave of alarming headlines is sweeping through our news feeds: “AI is Thirstier Than We Thought,” “AI is Eating the World’s Power,” and “ChatGPT’s Water Footprint is Sustainable Only in Your Nightmares.”  While an honest discussion about the use of environmental resources is never a bad thing, we should avoid moral […]

For the past decade the EU has embarked on an unprecedented legislative campaign to regulate technology. Abandoning the goals set out in the Lisbon Strategy we covered every aspect of the digital economy with layer upon layer of often conflicting rules.   The effect was a gradual decline of European competitiveness and an increasing distance to […]

Despite calls to reject the document (by among others COMMUNIA and EARE letter signed by 116 individuals and organisations) the JURI Committee decided to adopt the controversial own-initiative report on Copyright and Generative AI, penned by none other than CDSM rapporteur, MEP Axel Voss.  As we have stated before, the ideas expressed in this report […]