The rules of the AI Act, which came into effect as of August 1, 2024, will become applicable in several stages. Initially, from February 2, 2025, the provisions related to prohibited AI practices must be applied, and from August 2, 2025, the rules related to general purpose AI models will become…
Product liability: cybersecurity vulnerability as defectiveness of a product
The adoption of the new Product Liability Directive (PLD, Directive 2024/2853) renews product liability rules after several decades and will make them better adapted to the digital age (e.g. one important novelty of the new PLD is that it covers libility for the defectiveness of software and AI…
How does the new Product Liability Directive affect liability for AI-systems?
The new Product Liability Directive (PLD, Directive 2024/2853) has recently been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, renewing the previous product liability regime established by the old product liability directive adopted in 1985. Member States shall bring into force the laws,…
Responsible authorities for the enforcement of the AI Act on national level
The AI Act entered into force on 1 August 2024 and its provisions on AI governance (Chapter VII) will apply from 2 August 2025. The AI governance on the EU level includes the AI Office, the European Artificial Intelligence Board, an advisory forum and a scientific panel of independent experts should…
What can be considered 'scientific research' in the application of GDPR?
In connection with scientific research involving the processing of personal data, the primary question is what can be considered scientific research during the application of the GDPR, and in which cases the specific rules of GDPR can be applied. Although the GDPR refers to "scientific and…
Deep Dive into the AI Act - Part 6: AI literacy
In connection with the AI Act, which will enter into force shortly, on 1 August 2024 (and will become applicable in several steps thereafter), we most often talk about prohibited AI practices, high-risk AI systems and related obligations of service providers and deployers, or even specific rules for…
Deep dive into the AI Act - Part 4: what does the risk-based approach mean in practice?
The AI Act is classified as a regulation with a risk-based approach. But what does this mean in practice? What risks does the AI Act address and how? I address this topic below, also taking into account the risk-based approach of the GDPR and its similarities and possible differences with the AI…
Deep dive into the AI Act - Part 3: the definition of AI systems
From the point of view of the application of the AI Act, the question of how to interpret the definition of AI systems is a crucial question. Therefore, in this post, I will examine what can be understoodunder the concept of an AI system under the AI Act and how an AI system can be distinguished…
Felkészülés az MI Rendelet alkalmazására - 2. rész: az MI Rendelet hatálya
Az MI Rendeletre való felkészüléshez kapcsolódó sorozat 2. részében az MI Rendelet hatályával foglalkozom, azaz azt vizsgálom meg részletesebben, hogy milyen személyi, területi és tárgyi hatállyal kell alkalmazni a rendeletet. (Az időbeli hatály kérdésével a sorozat 1. részében már foglalkoztam…
Deep dive into the AI Act - Part 1: What does the adoption of the AI Act mean in practice?
The legislative process on artificial intelligence (AI) in the European Union has reached an important milestone, after the EU Council approved the final text of the AI Act on 21 May, so the AI Act can enter into force shortly, 20 days after its publication in the Official Journal.
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