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EU AI Act to act as a template for other regions

The European Union (EU) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, which came into effect earlier this month, is now set to act as a template for other regions, such as the US. The American government has already drafted an AI Bill of Rights, which aims to create a similar framework regulating AI. However, while governments are rightly concerned about the personal privacy aspect of the universal adoption of AI, some have a dangerously bullish view of the new technology’s potential. Despite a deluge of hilarious howlers, such as Google’s AI-driven images of African Vikings and American founding fathers, politicians anxious not to be left behind in the tech race swallowed Silicon Valley’s AI hype hook, line, and sinker.

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Corruption allegations overshadow EU cyber rulings

The European Union (EU) has adopted its first Cybersecurity Certificate scheme to boost cybersecurity in products and services sold within the EU states, amid ongoing investigations of alleged corruption in Brussels. The European Cybersecurity Scheme on Common Criteria (EUCC) drafted by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) was adopted on Wednesday as the first scheme within the EU cybersecurity certification framework. ENISA is also already developing two additional cybersecurity certification schemes: EUCS on cloud services and EU5G on 5G security. But the announcement coincided with another press release published by the EU on the same day. On Wednesday, Jan 31st, 2024, the Committee on Civil Liberties also endorsed the draft negotiating mandate for stronger rules against corrupt decision-makers across all levels in the EU. Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) amended the draft anti-corruption provisions to cover “any person entrusted with tasks of public interest or in charge of a public service”, with top EU decision-makers, European Commissioners, the President of the European Council and MEPs to be added to the category of “high-level officials” who will now be subjected to more severe rules than in the past.

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EU wakes up to the global supply chain threat

Systems powered by artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and cutting-edge microchips, together with genetic engineering, are being viewed with suspicion by the European Commission. As a result, the European Union (EU) is now in close and intense consultation with the EU’s 27 member states to establish an argument for potential trade bans and investment screenings.

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Europol aims to dismantle the EU’s Euro188bn criminal economy

The European Police Office (Europol)’s first-ever threat assessment on the topic, ‘The other side of the coin: an analysis of financial and economic crime in the EU’, aims to shine a spotlight on a EUR 188 billion-plus international underground criminal economy.

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