Rating agencies may still freely automatically "score" individuals if it does not provide critical decision-making support.
Takeaways from the CJEU's recent rulings on automated decision-making: https://iapp.org/news/a/key-takeaways-from-the-cjeus-recent-automated-decision-making-rulings/ @ai
#CJEU #AILaw #AIEthics #AI #decisionMaking #decisionSupport #rating #SCHUFA #predictive #credit #scoring #money
The AI Act will not ban the bulk of biometric mass surveillance #BMS. "Restrictions on the use of live and retrospective facial recognition in the AI Act will be minimal, and will not apply to private companies or administrative authorities":
https://reclaimyourface.eu/eu-ai-act-will-fail-commitment-to-ban-biometric-mass-surveillance/ @dataGovernance @data @ai @eu
#ethicalAI #aiEthics #bigTech #scoring #decisionMaking #decisionSupport #predictive #AI #AIAct #safety #byDesign #design #civilLiberties #EU #EuropeanPolitics #facialRecognition #biometrics
On 8 December 2023, EU lawmakers celebrated reaching a deal on the long-awaited Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act. Lead Parliamentarians reassured their colleagues that they had preserved strong protections for human rights, including ruling out biometric mass surveillance (BMS). Yet despite the lawmakers’ bravado, the AI Act will not ban the vast majority of dangerous BMS […]
"Setting ‘harmonised standards’ for artificial intelligence is a crucial element of the #EU’s recent #AIAct. But who develops these standards? Corporate Europe Observatory reveals how Europe’s standard-setting bodies dealing with AI are heavily skewed towards the tech industry. Behind closed doors, corporations are writing rules that will govern their own AI products – including on how to prevent fundamental rights violations of European citizens."
The European Commission released its "AI Continent Action Plan" last week. This high-level communication lays down the various initiatives the European Commission is pursuing to support Europe's AI ambitions and AI uptake: https://iapp.org/news/a/a-view-from-brussels-what-is-and-isn-t-in-the-eu-s-ai-continent-action-plan
#deregulation #DataCenters #Cloud #AIRisks #AISkills #JobMarket #Omnibus #simplification #package #NIS2 #GDPR #AIAct #dataSovereignty #upskilling #Infrastructure #AI
"Professional conflicting interest - The AI office relied on a consortium of external consultants to help draft the Code of Practice. However, the investigation shows that the consultancies involved have commercial ties to the #BigTech companies. For instance, the main contractor – French consultancy Wavestone – has a contract to roll out Microsoft’s generative AI tool 365 Copilot in French businesses."
https://corporateeurope.org/en/2025/04/eu-under-heavy-big-tech-pressure-weaken-rules-advanced-ai @ai @eu
As the European Commission is set to publish the Code of Practice on General Purpose AI next month, a new study shows the Code is under intense pressure from aggressive Big Tech lobbying. The upshot is weaker protection against potential structural biases and social harms caused by AI.
"The EU is developing a Code of Practice to govern general purpose AI, as part of the implementation of the AI Act. But Big Tech has heavily influenced the process to successfully weaken the Code."
"From the second to the third draft of the Code, obligations changed to encouragements. Prohibitions became suggestions. Best efforts, reasonable efforts."
@corporateeurope: https://corporateeurope.org/en/2025/04/coded-privileged-access
#AIAct #lobbying #lobbies #Microsoft #AIEthics #GAFAM #scoring #AI #civilLiberties #EU #AIRisks #tech
The window of opportunity is still open.
'The fact that agentic Al systems can currently undertake only comparatively simple tasks does not mean the policy community can sit and wait. The early stages of development of a technology provide critical windows of opportunity—that can close very quickly-for implementing effective safety and security measures.'
Excerpt from 'Before it's too late: Why a world of interacting Al agents demands new safeguards' by Dr Vincent Boulanin, Dr Alexander Blanchard and Dr Diego Lopes da Silva for #SIPRI: https://bit.ly/46LQpnS
#agenticAI #lobbying #lobbies #Microsoft #AIEthics #GAFAM #AI #civilLiberties #EU #AIRisks #tech #AIAct
Eric Maugendre on collectives
