Green light to the AI Act final text – what now?
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January is over. So are the negotiations on the AI Act and its final text. Now that the ink is dry, what's next? We argue that it's high time for the EU to move from focusing on regulation to helping SMEs comply and driving AI innovation (more on the how below).
Some more of what we did this week:
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?? Habemus final text for the AI Act – what now? Now that the ink is dry, let’s make sure we help European SMEs comply when the time comes. This is the message Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl conveyed at an event organised by the Financial Times. And similarly at 彭博资讯 , too:
?? "We don't see Europe as one market": Our DG also sat down with Andreas Cleve from Corti to talk about what's preventing European AI innovators from growing in Europe. If you missed our first DIGITALEUROPE Tech Talk, here's your second chance to watch it.
?? ?The finalists for the Future Unicorn Award are out: the race to become the next European tech giant is now down to three candidates! The winner will be crowned at Masters of Digital by Commissioner Iliana Ivanova (don’t miss out and register here!).
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?? ?? See how we're keeping transatlantic tech collab alive: Tsai-wei Chao-Muller and Jo?l Guschker headed to Washington D.C. for the Trade and Technology Council to highlight the key role of the forum in strengthening the EU-US relationship. We also held a session on sustainable trade and digital labeling!
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?? Figure of the week: According to one estimate, an SME of 50 people will pay €300,000 to comply with the AI Act
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??? A week in the light of digital skills: Our projects team is on a relentless mission to turn everyone into fully skilled digital citizens. Some action this week:
??? A common digital passport for all products: At this week's 2-day consortium of the CIRPASS-2 - Digital Product Passport , the path has been charted to align on the final steps. More here.
?????? #LaptopsforUkraine: Also this week, we collected another batch of Laptops for Ukraine from our partners at the 世界银行 . Here's our Normunds Egle happily picking up the devices:
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1 年There were amazing discussions, ideas, and collaboration this week at the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) event: Crafting the Transatlantic Green Marketplace. I was honored to be a speaker on the TIST Roundtable: "Advancing the twin green and digital transition: How digital labelling technologies strengthen sustainable and resilient supply chains across the Atlantic". Many thanks to the DIGITALEUROPE organizers and roundtable moderator Tsai-wei Chao.