AI Act: French government accused of being influenced by lobbyist with conflict of interests

French Senators criticised the government’s stance in the AI Act negotiations, pointing towards lack of copyrights protection and the influence of a lobbyist with alleged conflicts of interests: former digital state secretary Cรฉdric O.

DSA enforcement, German data strategy

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Challenges mount for European Commissionโ€™s new DSA enforcement team

While the European Commission’s new directorate in charge of implementing the Digital Services Act has not yet been entirely completed, it already has to address a number of challenges: from cooperation with other entities to harmonisation within the b…

French artist lobby urges government to tackle copyright issues on AI

A leading French artist rights organisation has expressed solidarity with 160,000 US actors on strike and fears about Artificial Intelligence taking their jobs, in an open letter to the Ministry of Culture.