Pieter Haeck

Antwerp

AI and Critical Tech Reporter at POLITICO Europe

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"Niepokojący precedens". Węgry chcą inwigilować uczestników parady równości. Organizacje obywatelskie oburzone milczeniem KE. "Wywoła efekt domina"

1 day ago | wiadomosci.onet.pl | Pieter Haeck

Dziesiątki organizacji zajmujących się prawami cyfrowymi i prawami człowieka w otwartym liście skierowanym do przewodniczącej Komisji Europejskiej Ursuli von der Leyen i jej współpracowników stwierdziły, że wykorzystanie technologii rozpoznawania twarzy przez Węgry stanowi "rażące naruszenie" unijnych regulacji dotyczących sztucznej inteligencji. Organizacje te chcą, aby Bruksela wszczęła przeciwko Węgrom postępowanie w sprawie naruszenia prawa UE.
Pressure piles on Brussels to act against face scanning at Budapest Pride

1 day ago | politico.eu | Pieter Haeck

BRUSSELS — Rights groups are pleading with the European Commission to intervene against Hungary’s potential use of facial recognition technology to identify attendees of the banned Pride this weekend in Budapest.
Swedish PM calls for a pause of the EU’s AI rules

4 days ago | politico.eu | Pieter Haeck

The EU’s artificial intelligence rules should be paused, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Monday ahead of a meeting with EU leaders this week in Brussels. While officials in countries including the Czech Republic and Poland have shown openness to the idea of delaying the rules, it’s the first time that a government leader has weighed in.
Too hot to handle: Tech lobbies dream of Brussels taking heat off summer talks

4 days ago | politico.eu | Pieter Haeck

BRUSSELS — Sun, sea and … stakeholder feedback? Tech lobbyists in town would rather spend warm August days on a beach than scrambling to respond to EU consultations hitting their inboxes this summer. Some of them are now pleading for mercy from the European Commission as they brace for a flood of summer input requests — arguing deadline delays are needed to ensure proper policymaking, as well as to protect people’s much-needed downtime.
‘Way too soon’ to change EU AI rules, says former top commissioner

1 week ago | politico.eu | Pieter Haeck

GDANSK, Poland — Margrethe Vestager has spoken out against reforming the EU’s artificial intelligence rulebook, saying it’s “way too soon” for the European Commission to change the law. In an interview with POLITICO on Tuesday, the former top Commission official said that as the EU looks at simplifying its laws, “it’s a good idea to look at pieces of legislation that [were] put into effect maybe 20 years ago ...
G7 skirts touchy AI safety discussion

1 week ago | politico.eu | Pieter Haeck |Mickey Djuric |Koen Verhelst

KANANASKIS, Alberta — G7 leaders on Monday steered clear of using overly strong language on keeping AI safe and managing the risks associated with the technology at their summit in Canada.
EU’s waffle on artificial intelligence law creates huge headache

1 week ago | politico.eu | Pieter Haeck

BRUSSELS — The European Union’s rules to rein in artificial intelligence risks are barely a year old but they’ve already fallen out of favor. Fueled by a new political climate and heavy lobbying from industry, an effort to revisit the carefully negotiated law is spurring warnings from safety campaigners and introducing fresh uncertainty that some industry groups say could undermine investment in Europe.
EU could postpone flagship AI rules, tech chief says

3 weeks ago | politico.eu | Pieter Haeck

LUXEMBOURG — The European Commission’s tech chief has opened the door to delay some parts of the EU’s artificial intelligence rulebook designed to limit risks of the technology. “If we see that the standards and guidelines ... are not ready in time, we should not rule out postponing some parts of the AI Act,” Executive Vice President Henna Virkkunen said in Luxembourg during a meeting with EU digital ministers on Friday.
1:0 dla Trumpa i amerykańskich technogigantów. Europa przyznaje się do porażki. To koniec marzeń o niezależności od USA

3 weeks ago | wiadomosci.onet.pl | Pieter Haeck

UE zamierza przekazać otrzeźwiające przesłanie rosnącemu w Europie ruchowi, który wzywa do zmniejszenia zależności kontynentu od amerykańskich technologii w kluczowych obszarach, takich jak usługi w chmurze, sztuczna inteligencja i mikroczipy, i zamiast tego wybrać europejskie alternatywy. Co to za przesłanie? Że mimo tego, jak Trump i jego sekretarze traktują Europę, to się nie wydarzy. Francis Fukuyama ostrzega przed "wielkim błędem".
Europe’s dream to wean off US tech gets reality check

3 weeks ago | politico.eu | Pieter Haeck

BRUSSELS — The EU is set to deliver a sobering message to a growing movement in Europe calling for a detox from U.S. Big Tech. The message? That ain’t happening anytime soon. As the U.S. continues to up the ante in questioning transatlantic ties, calls are growing in Europe to reduce the continent’s reliance on U.S. technology in critical areas such as cloud services, artificial intelligence and microchips, and to opt for European alternatives instead.