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AI investment: EU and global indicators
Economic indicators show that the United States (US) is the front-runner for both private investment in artificial intelligence (AI) and venture capital in generative AI, followed by China. US companies are also developing most of the large languages models (LLMs) underpinning AI innovation. EU starts-up are beginning to scale up.
Artificial intelligence act
European Union lawmakers reached a political agreement on the draft artificial intelligence (AI) act in December 2023. Proposed by the European Commission in April 2021, the draft AI act, the first binding worldwide horizontal regulation on AI, sets a common framework for the use and supply of AI systems in the EU. It offers a classification for AI systems with different requirements and obligations tailored on a 'risk-based approach'. Some AI systems presenting 'unacceptable' risks are prohibited ...
Verhandlungsposition des Parlaments zur Verordnung über standardessenzielle Patente
Am 27. April 2023 hat die Kommission ihren Vorschlag für eine Verordnung über standardessenzielle Patente (SEP) vorgelegt. In der Februar-II-Plenartagung 2024 soll das Parlament über den im Rechtsausschuss angenommenen Bericht abstimmen. Damit soll der Standpunkt des Parlaments für die Trilogverhandlungen mit dem Rat über den Vorschlag festgelegt werden.
Generative AI and watermarking
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform industries and society by boosting innovation, empowering individuals and increasing productivity. One of the drawbacks of the adoption of this technology, however, is that it is becoming increasingly difficult to differentiate human-generated content from synthetic content generated by AI, potentially enabling illegal and harmful conduct. Policymakers around the globe are therefore pondering how to design and implement watermarking ...
Standard essential patents regulation
On 27 April 2023, the European Commission published its proposal for a regulation on standard essential patents (SEPs). SEPs are patents that protect technology that has been declared essential in a technical standard or specification developed by a standard development organisation (SDO). The proposed SEPs regulation aims to facilitate SEPs licensing by increasing transparency about SEPs, reducing information asymmetries between SEPs holders and SEPs implementers and facilitating the agreement on ...
Datengesetz: Annahme im Plenum
Die Kommission hat im Februar 2022 einen Vorschlag für eine Verordnung über harmonisierte Vorschriften für einen fairen Datenzugang und eine faire Datennutzung (Datengesetz) vorgelegt. Auf der ersten Plenartagung im November 2023 soll das Europäische Parlament über die politische Einigung, die in Verhandlungen mit dem Rat erzielt wurde, abstimmen.
Future Shocks 2023: Anticipating and weathering the next storms
The European Parliament started monitoring future shocks during the coronavirus crisis, and has continued to do so during Russia's unprecedented war on Ukraine. The annual 'Future Shocks' series reviews global risks, with a focus on specific risks and the capabilities and resilience of the EU system in the face of multiple challenges. It seeks to provide up-to-date, objective and authoritative information on these risks, based on risk literature from a broad range of sources. 'Future Shocks' includes ...
Verhandlungsposition des Parlaments zum Gesetz über künstliche Intelligenz
Die Kommission hat im April 2021 einen Vorschlag für einen EU-Rechtsrahmen für künstliche Intelligenz (KI) vorgelegt. Der Entwurf eines KI-Gesetzes ist der erste umfassende EU-Rechtsakt zur Regulierung von KI und zur Bewältigung ihrer potenziellen Schäden. Das Parlament bereitet sich darauf vor, auf seiner Plenartagung im Juni eine Aussprache über den gemeinsamen Bericht des Ausschusses für Binnenmarkt und Verbraucherschutz (IMCO) und des Ausschusses für bürgerliche Freiheiten (LIBE) zu führen und ...
The data act
On 23 February 2022, the European Commission unveiled a proposal for an EU regulation – the data act – laying down harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data. The aim is to remove barriers to consumers and businesses' access to data, in a context in which the volume of data generated by humans and machines is increasing exponentially and becoming a critical factor for innovation by businesses (e.g. algorithm training) and by public authorities (e.g. shaping of smart cities). The proposed ...
General-purpose artificial intelligence
General-purpose artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, such as ChatGPT, are quickly transforming the way AI systems are built and deployed. While these technologies are expected to bring huge benefits in the coming years, spurring innovation in many sectors, their disruptive nature raises policy questions around privacy and intellectual property rights, liability and accountability, and concerns about their potential to spread disinformation and misinformation. EU lawmakers need to strike a delicate ...