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After the announcement of the Digital Omnibus, which also contains some targeted and much-awaited changes to EU data protection rules, a somewhat expected wave of activist hysteria hit Brussels once again. “Selling Europeans’ rights to Big Tech”, “the biggest GDPR rollback in EU history” – it’s a narrative that brilliantly generates emotions and clicks on […]

A few days have passed since the European Commission published the so-called “Digital Omnibus on AI” as part of the “Digital Simplification Package”, which also includes proposed amendments to the GDPR, the NIS2 Directive and the Data Act. This is a good moment to recall one often overlooked dimension of deregulation. It is not only […]

Central and Eastern European (CEE) nations have achieved remarkable economic convergence with Western Europe since joining the EU. The region’s two-decade sprint from post-socialist economies to the EU’s high-tech factory floor was breathtaking. But the growth model of being the “extended workbench” for Western industry is hitting a hard ceiling. The strategy of making things […]

As the AI Chamber, representing innovators and businesses in the Central and Eastern European artificial intelligence sector, we submit our attached position on the proposed Digital Fairness Act (DFA). We believe this legislative initiative, while in many respects well-intentioned, is fundamentally misguided. First and foremost it contradicts the EU’s current primary strategic objective of enhancing […]