The EU AI Act Newsletter #67: More Jobs at the AI Office

<p> The European Commission is currently recruiting Legal and Policy Officers for the European AI Office.</p> <p><strong> Analyses</strong></p><p> Analysis of the 1st Code of Practice Draft: Yacine Jernite and Lucie-Aimée Kaffee from Hugging Face evaluated the proposed measures for AI Act Code of Practice for general-purpose AI. Jernite and Kaffee state that whilst the transparency measures are generally well-directed, requiring detailed documentation and performance evaluation, improvements are needed to increase public accessibility of information and adapt language for collaborative development settings. The copyright-related measures are deemed promising, particularly in their emphasis on stakeholder collaboration and standardisation. However, the authors raise concerns about potential fragmentation and the impact on smaller developers and copyright holders. The most significant criticism targets the proposed taxonomy of systemic risks, which is considered too narrowly focused on remote hazards whilst overlooking more immediate concerns. The authors suggest a restructured taxonomy addressing, for example, three key areas [...]</p> <p>---</p><p><strong>Outline:</strong></p><p>(00:16) Analyses</p><p>(07:03) Jobs</p> <p>---</p>
<p><b>First published:</b><br/>
December 16th, 2024 </p>

<p><b>Source:</b><br/>
<a href="artificialintelligenceact.substack.com/p/the-e…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">artificialintelligenceact.substack.com/p/the-e…; </p>
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