Pieter Haeck

21 hours ago | wiadomosci.onet.pl | Pieter Haeck |Laurens Cerulus

— Zwiększenie dystansu między ludźmi a odbieraniem życia na polu bitwy może sprawić, że niektóre kraje i grupy zbrojne będą bardziej skłonne do użycia broni — stwierdził Gill podczas szczytu POLITICO poświęconemu sztucznej inteligencji i technologii w Brukseli. Milczenie Moskwy to część perfidnej strategii. Putin rozpoczyna grę na czas — Próg rozpoczęcia konfliktu może być niższy — ocenił.

1 day ago | politico.eu | Pieter Haeck |Laurens Cerulus

The United States should see the United Nations as something it can benefit from, rather than charity, the body's tech envoy said Tuesday. The U.S. withdrew from several U.N. bodies, including its Human Rights Council. Asked about the United Nations' reaction, the U.N. Secretary General’s Envoy on Technology Amandeep Singh Gill said the U.N. is critical for peace and security, upholding human rights and advancing sustainable development.

1 day ago | politico.eu | Pieter Haeck |Laurens Cerulus

The United Nations’ technology envoy Amandeep Singh Gill today warned that using autonomous weapons can lead to mounting losses in wars and conflicts. “Putting some distance between humans and [the] taking of life on the battlefield” can make certain countries and armed groups “more trigger-happy,” Gill said during a video interview at POLITICO’s AI and Tech Summit in Brussels. “The threshold of conflict can be lower,” he said.

1 week ago | politico.eu | Pieter Haeck

BRUSSELS — The European Union has missed a key milestone in its effort to rein in the riskiest artificial intelligence models amid heavy lobbying from the U.S. government. After ChatGPT stunned the world in November 2022, EU legislators quickly realized these new AI models needed tailor-made rules. But two and a half years later, an attempt to draft a set of rules for companies to sign on to has become the subject of an epic lobbying fight involving the U.S. administration.

2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Pieter Haeck

Microsoft promised today to build out its data center capacity on European soil in a bid to be the “voice of reason” in tense U.S.-EU relations. The company, one of the leading cloud providers through its Microsoft Azure service, said it plans to expand its European data center capacity by 40 percent over the next two years and expand operations in 16 European countries. The plans are a welcome commitment for the EU.