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Tag: Council of the European Union
As European Council Adopts AI Act Position, Questions Remain on GPAI
by Creative Commons CopyrightAs we’ve discussed before, the European Union has been considering a new AI Act, which would regulate certain uses of artificial intelligence (AI). In particular, it seeks to ban certain uses of AI, such as broad-based real-time biometric identification for law enforcement in public places, and to ensure that certain precautions are taken before deployment…
Council of the European Union calls for full open access to scientific research by 2020
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright, Open Data, Open ScienceScience! by Alexandro Lacadena, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 A few weeks ago we wrote about how the European Union is pushing ahead its support for open access to EU-funded scientific research and data. Today at the meeting of the Competitiveness Council of the European Union, the Council reinforced the commitment to making all scientific articles and…