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AI literacy: moving beyond general training to system-specific awareness

The AI literacy point is very interesting. AI literacy is one of those odd obligations: on paper, it makes sense, but in practice it’s sadly often been used to offer training on AI usage principles without knowing which AI systems are actually (going to be) used. I’m keener on ensuring that any person using an […]

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Singapore’s new AI fairness toolkit highlights global governance trends

Today’s release of an artificialintelligence fairness toolkit (Veritas Toolkit v2.0) by the Monetary Authority of Singapore is an occasion to recall that there is no plug-and-play tool for everyone – but toolkits can be a useful source of inspiration. Released under an Apache 2.0 open source licence, the diagnosis tool (in Python) and assessment tool […]

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Lessons from a US lawyer who let an unverified AI chatbot invent legal citations

AI won’t replace you, you’ll be replaced by someone who uses AI” – or perhaps “you will replace someone who uses AI badly”? A U.S. lawyer appears to have ignored key�AIgovernance�rules, in a case where ChatGPT was asked to do legal research on behalf of the lawyer and ended up making up references (very realistically […]

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How GDPR principles are serving as the blueprint for non-personal data laws

On this fifth GDPR anniversary, remember that data protection principles are increasingly serving as inspiration for legal obligations regarding the use of “non-personal”/”corporate” data. What was good business practice is becoming a statutory obligation. So double-check that you have everything you *should* have, because soon you will be *required* to have it. Not that privacy […]

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What the upcoming AI Act actually means for everyday enterprise structures

While everyone is shouting “it’s for realz now”*, what will the AIAct actually mean for most organisations? Awareness (“AI literacy”) obligations and obligations to ensure that people know (i) if they are interacting with an AI system or (ii) whether they are subject to an AI system – and safeguards to ensure that no high-risk […]

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Moving past the generative AI hype to focus on real governance and liability

Yes, GenerativeAI is what people are talking about. Yes, it presents specific risks (notably re disinformation). But from an aigovernance and liability perspective, the risks associated with predictive/discriminative AI are just as relevant. In her speech today re the State of the European Union, Ursula von der Leyen said that we should “not underestimate the […]

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The compliance deadlines that matter before the AI Act takes full effect

This is not an AIAct post. Let’s not forget that before 2 August 2026 (the date that matters to most companies re that Act), there are already many other rules that apply – and have applied for some time – to all kinds of AI systems. For instance, data protection rules (such as the GDPR […]

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How to build effective AI governance structures on top of your existing GDPR framework

Very good piece by Kristin Johnston on aigovernance and in particular how to start the process. One recommendation – building AI governance on top of existing privacy processes – is very relevant but you have to be careful about how you implement it. The key challenge is making sure it can be sufficiently distinct as […]

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How modern corporate lawyers balance roles as AI advisors and technical users

Lawyers can both be AI advisors (legal implications) and users of machine learning / generativeai / applied statistics / … systems. Tomorrow we will be helping members of the Flemish Bar Association understand some of the key things to look out for and reflexes to have – both for themselves and for their own clients. […]

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The corporate obsession with appointing an executive Chief AI Officer

You’re a Chief AI Officer! And you! And you too!” – Recently, requiring AI officers has become all the rage. (Funnily enough, there were Chief Internet Officers at one point, and there may still be vestiges of the role of Chief Blockchain Officer in some places) In the US, the White House Office of Management […]

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