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In his interview for EU Tech Loop, Bart de Witte - a Belgian native currently based in Berlin and a renowned expert on digital transformation in healthcare in Europe - sets out 5 steps the EU should follow to avoid repeating the mistakes of the first leg of the AI race.
With Bart de Witte, a leading European voice in healthcare innovation and open source, founder of Hippo AI foundation and Isaree.
EU and local policymakers are eager to hear from European founders - and AI makes monitoring policy and engaging with them faster and more affordable.
The French Constitutional Council has blocked the law prohibiting minors under 15 from using social media and digital services; however, the needle may move in Brussels this fall if the EU member states agree on EU-wide rules that may trump the local law.
The German digital rights group filed a criminal complaint against Meta/Ray-Ban smart glasses, raising concerns about proportionality, applicability of the very same idea in other EU Member States, and existing issues with law enforcement.
The EU has ordered Google to share its search data with rivals by January 2027 under the DMA. But as concerns grow over data privacy and loopholes, a new survey reveals that 71% of Europeans have no idea their data will be shared.
Orwellian outcomes at the EP: procedural loopholes made the European Parliament adopt Chat Control 1.0, extending mass communication scanning until 2028.
A new Gov AI study reveals that EU data protection rules are stalling AI adoption, leaving 11% of advanced LLM releases delayed or blocked in Europe compared to the US. Meta faced the biggest hurdles, withholding 26% of its models from the bloc.
With Chat Control 2.0 still in negotiations, EU Parliament President Roberta Metsola has proposed reviving the expired Chat Control 1.0. The move triggers a double threat to encryption ahead of crucial June 29 trilogue talks, sparking fierce backlash from privacy advocates
The EU wants to reduce “cookie fatigue” through browser-level consent rules that promise fewer banners and more transparency. Critics warn the proposal could create new gatekeepers, weaken personalised advertising, and increase costs for European businesses.
While political agreement on online age verification has not been reached, the EU is now focusing on the technical implementation layer instead. This approach could backfire from both a technical standpoint and in terms of political optics.
The EU’s AI Omnibus is finally here, but some criticize it for a lack of ambition. While the EU must still formally approve the AI Omnibus, focus now shifts to the second leg of the EU’s digital simplification efforts: the Digital Omnibus package, which is crucial for AI development and data.
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