The upcoming Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) in the EU provides an important role to a new unit, the European Artificial Intelligence Office (AI Office) within the European Commission in the enforcement of the AI Act, especially regarding general-purpose AI systems and also in the…

Red teaming is not a new testing technique, but recently it has received increasing attention in connection with testing the potential vulnerabilities of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems. Even the Executive Order issued by the President of the United States on October 30, 2023 requires red team…

Regulation concerning artificial intelligence is in the spotlight, as the Executive Order of the President of the United States on AI was published on October 30, and the text of the AI Act is being finalized in the EU in the framework of negotiations (trilogue) between the Parliament, the Council…

Another milestone was reached yesterday in EU legislation on "data law". The European Parliament adopted the Data Act, which, once formally approved also by the Council, could be published in the Official Journal of the EU and enter into force on the 20th day following publication. (The text adopted…

On October 30, 2023, US President Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) on Artificial Intelligence. The adoption of this EO marks an important milestone in regulating AI, even if it is not a comprehensive legislation regarding its subject matter, however, it covers very important aspects of AI…

In mid-May, a new version of the draft AI Act was published in the form of a compromise text adopted by the European Parliament's committees (IMCO, LIBE). The European Parliament's plenary will vote on the draft in mid-June, after which negotiations with the Council may start on the AI Act. The…

"Time flies so fast", is what we often say when we arrive at an anniversary and look back. As 5 years have already passed since the GDPR became applicable on May 25, 2018, it´s worth asking some questions regarding the experiences of GDPR application, also with regard to the fact that data…

Legislative and enforcement developments concerning artificial intelligence (AI) have received considerable attention recently: first, the data protection authority procedure initiated in Italy concerning ChatGPT (which also resulted in the temporary suspension of the service in Italy) received a…

One of the breaking news today that the Italian data protection authority (Garante) has decided to block the use of ChatGPT and the related data processing activities in Italy with immediate effect. In connection with the use of ChatGPT, the star of artificial intelligence (AI) developments in…