📣New blogpost by @manonvdh.bsky.social EU design law distinguishes between various types of parts. Whether a ‘part’ qualifies in one of those categories has important consequences on the validity and scope of protection of design rights. Read more 👇

📣New blog post! In June 2025, the MDCG issued its long awaited Q&As on AI-based medical devices, but key gaps remain. In their new blog, @bisilisib.bsky.social & Marie Kohoutova unpack missed opportunities and offer recommendations for the next guidance. Read their full blog post here 👇

📣New blog post! Marta Musidlowska reflects on the EHDS Regulation, its push for digital healthcare in the EU, and the limited safeguards for those unable or unwilling to go online, raising questions about a potential “right not to use the Internet".

De ouders van de tiener Adam Raine klaagden OpenAI aan, omdat hun zoon overleed nadat hij zijn suïcidale gedachten deelde met ChatGPT. Onze onderzoekers Rob Heyman en Jan De Bruyne werden vandaag geïnterviewd door De Morgen over deze tragische zaak. @citip.bsky.social @imec-smit.bsky.social

✨Our researchers in the media!✨ This month, several of our colleagues shared their insights and expertise in the media — bringing their research to a wider audience. 🎙️📺 🗞️ Curious where to watch, listen, or read? See the links below👇👇👇

📣New blog post by Erica Harper Neurotech is leaving the lab for homes, hospitals—and courts. This playbook shows governments how to protect mental privacy and agency, ban coercive uses, classify risk, and fund what works—so innovation flourishes without sacrificing human dignity.

#ECREA-CLP started with a keynote by Peggy Valcke @citip.bsky.social on media freedom and pluralism in the age of AI and platforms, sharing her optimism about EMFA's future impact.

Secure Processing Environments are being increasingly integrated into EU law regulating data access. In this blog post Andrea Palumbo and Leander Stähler take a closer look at the position of the concept and what novel legal questions this raises. 👇

Overuren voor wetenschapscommunicatie! Vorige week was ik op @deafspraak.bsky.social met een woordje uitleg over het Europese voorstel om privécommunicatie te scannen op kindermisbruik ("chat control") en vandaag deed ik hetzelfde in de podcast Virtual met o.a. @timverheyden.bsky.social. 👇

The EU AI Act isn’t just about safety & rights. It could quietly transform cybersecurity. Mandatory logging for high-risk AI creates a goldmine for detecting anomalies, spotting AI-specific attacks & boosting threat intel. A hidden ally for stronger defenses. Read Eyup Kun`s blog post on this topic👇

📣New blog post by @isabelarosal.bsky.social Can you re-use public access information without accessing it? The CJEU understands that one depends on the other, but also highlights that access and re-use are different activities. #opendata #publicsector #opendatadirective #datagovernance

🚀 Belgian startup in need of free legal advice from students, academics and law firms? IusStart might be exactly what you are looking for! 📅 Applications are welcome until 1 September 📧 Questions? [email protected] #startups #entrepreneurship #kuleuven #iusstart

HEREDITARY is featured in the latest episode of the Brain Talks podcast! We dive into how trustworthy AI can transform brain research, with insights from Elisabetta Biasin (@citip.bsky.social) and Helena Ledmyr (@incforg.bsky.social) 🎧 https://www.braininnovationdays.eu/brain-talks-podcast/

📣 New blogpost by Francesca Portante d'Alessandro This blogpost explores the unclear application of the Data Governance Act to NFT platforms. 👇👇👇

📣New blogpost by by Vladimir Apraxine This follow-up blog post analyses the power asymmetries and barriers to CSOs’ participation in the development of the CoP on GPAI and harmonised standards. #AIAct #GenAI #CivilSociety

📣New blogpost by Vladimir Apraxine Civil society organisations face a major power imbalance in shaping generative AI rules. Active engagement with implementing bodies is essential to counterbalance this asymmetry. #AIAct #GenAI #CivilSociety Read part 1 here 👇

📣We are recruiting! CiTiP is looking for an enthusiastic and proactive PhD researcher to join its team and work on children’s rights to privacy and data protection. Interested in doing a PhD on this topic? ⌛Deadline 14 July 2025. More information👇

📣New blogpost by Arno Cuypers The AI Act bans crime prediction based on profiling, but loopholes remain. Black-box tools, biased data, and vague rules risk labeling people as future criminals. Stronger safeguards are needed to protect rights and prevent abuse. #AIAct #predictivepolicing

📣New blogpost by @charlottesomers.bsky.social and @koenvranckaert.bsky.social Is ethical hacking still possible under the new Belgian NIS2 law? Find out here 👇👇

📣New blogpost by @tatianaduarte.bsky.social: Developing and deploying AI systems for emotion recognition entails several legal, axiological and epistemic issues. Does state-of-the-art research allow robust AI development? And is emotion recognition for law enforcement compatible with a fair trial?

📣New Blogpost: has trustworthy #AI become an unrealistic ideal? @victoriahendrickx.bsky.social discusses how the concept has evolved over time to include so many aspects that it risks becoming unattainable. She therefore calls for more clarity and interdisciplinary research. Read her blogpost 👇 👇

🚨Laatste kans om te solliciteren voor de functie van junior onderzoeker bij @citip.bsky.social Deze functie draagt bij aan het werk van het Kenniscentrum Data & Maatschappij, waar we kritisch én constructief nadenken over de ethische, juridische en maatschappelijke impact van AI.

📣New blogpost by Marta Musidlowska & Matteo Frigeri In the evolving landscape of data spaces, defining roles under the GDPR is becoming increasingly complex. This blog explores how the accountability principle applies across different layers of a data space, highlighting key scenarios & challenges.

📣New blogpost by Marta Musidlowska & Matteo Frigeri In the evolving landscape of data spaces, defining roles under the GDPR is becoming increasingly complex. This blog explores how the accountability principle applies across different layers of a data space, highlighting key scenarios & challenges.

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📣CiTiP werft aan! We lanceerden een vacature voor een junior onderzoeker om in het kader van het @kc-dama.bsky.social te werken rond de juridisch-ethische uitdagingen van AI. Deadline: 27 mei 2025 Interesse? Meer informatie lees je hier👇

Join for a week of all things privacy and data protection at the 20th IFIP Summer School on Privacy and Identity Management, co-organised by our Laura Drechsler! When? August 19-22 Where? Copenhagen, Denmark More info at ifip-summerschool.org *** EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MAY 26, 2025 ***

Is using Open Science a matter of research integrity? Is it a moral obligation? What are the common pitfalls, and can Open Science help you avoid them? Join us on May 5th for a panel discussion and a practical session to test your ideas. Please use the link below to register.

📣New blog post by Aliki Benmayor: The European Commission officially abandoned its plans for regulating multimodal services at EU level. But multimodality continues to be a priority area for many European cities and regions. What are the key legal gaps that must be solved to achieve it?

📢 Call for Participants We organise another policy prototyping project, in which we take a closer look at the minimum requirements in contracts between providers of high-risk AI systems and their suppliers, as mandated by the #AIAct. ✏️ More info & details: data-en-maatschappij.ai/en/news/poli...

New on the blog by @bilgesumer.bsky.social A recent #CJEU ruling confirms that rectifying gender-related personal data doesn't require proof of gender reassignment surgery. This marks a significant step forward for gender self-determination. #DataProtection #GenderIdentity #HumanRights #DelditsCase

📣 New blog post by Andrea Palumbo Enabling a sociotechnical approach to AI risk management: what are systemic risks to social systems? www.law.kuleuven.be/citip/blog/e...

📣We are recruiting! CiTiP is looking for a junior researcher in the field of law, agriculture and technology, including the regulation of data in the agri-food sector in Flanders and Europe. Interested in doing a PhD on this topic? Deadline 5 May. More information👇

📣New blogpost by Alexandra Papageorgiou: Algorithmic environmentalism uses data to inform environmental decision-making, but what if the data is biased, corporate-controlled, and blind to injustices? Environmental governance should be fair and inclusive. Innovation without inclusion isn’t progress.

Excited to share our new policy prototyping report! This report focuses on the #humanoversight requirement under article 14 #AIAct. On April 2nd, we organise a webinar in which we will discuss the report in more detail. Don't miss it. @citip.bsky.social data-en-maatschappij.ai/en/publicati...

Wist je dat het trainen van GPT-3 net zoveel stroom verbruikt als ongeveer 380 Belgische huishoudens in een jaar? In deze brAInfood verkennen we samen met Alexandra Papageorgiou van @citip.bsky.social de ecologische duurzaamheid van #GenAI Lees verder: data-en-maatschappij.ai/publicaties/...

📣New blog post! Flavia Giglio discusses the legal implications of the Paragon case, concerning the alleged involvement of the Italian government in the surveillance of journalists and other members of civil society by means of a military spyware.

📣We are recruiting! CiTiP is looking for a junior researcher in the field of law, agriculture and technology, including the regulation of new genetic techniques and precision agriculture in the EU and beyond. Interested in doing a PhD on this topic? More information👇

Join Robotics & AI Law Society (RAILS) this Wednesday for a free webinar on The Council of Europe's AI Convention. We are pleased to share that our colleague Jan De Bruyne will be one of the speakers! More info & registration ⬇️ data-en-maatschappij.ai/event/the-co... @citip.bsky.social

Feeling like a YouTuber! I am very excited to share my participation in the Mini-MOOC "Can AI Commit a Crime? AI Regulation and Law", where I present some of the AI regulatory initiatives. The course is free and is available via: edge.edx.org/courses/cour... Thank you, Flemish Academy of AI (VAIA)!

💡Curious about what the Council of Europe’s #AI Convention brings to the table? Join us this Wednesday for an online discussion on its making, interplay with the #AIAct, challenges for the judiciary and AI risk management. 📅Wed 26 March 🕐5pm CET 🔗https://lnkd.in/epnRp4nf

📣A New CiTiP Working Paper on the regulation of AI liability in the EU is online! The paper consists of 6 research briefs that discuss some issues and solutions to move forward, to inform non-expert readers/a broader audience and interested stakeholders after the withdrawal of the AILD Proposal.

Reacting to the geopolitical turmoil triggered by the Trump administration, Europe is tempted to follow a deregulatory agenda and to ‘simplify’ its legislative arsenal. This has prompted the question whether we need less regulation. Charlotte Ducuing argues that this is not the right question. 👇

🎙️Jozefien Vanherpe was te gast in Music Matters op Klara en vertelde er over haar boek "Music Contracts in the Streaming Age" dat recent werd gepubliceerd. Beluister het interview hier👇 www.vrt.be/vrtmax/luist...

Kan een rechter bij een voorwaardelijke invrijheidsstelling een verbod opleggen om te communiceren via "platformen die anonimiteit garanderen"? In de laatste Juristenkrant bespreek ik een arrest van het Hof van Cassatie over dat onderwerp dat op z'n zachtst gezegd niet uitblinkt in helderheid👇

New blogpost by Louise de Béthune: Is natural language #machine-readable or does the format define its applicability? #TextandDataMining fuels #MachineLearningSystems, but the lack of standards causes uncertainty. Two courts attempted to strike a balance, instead obstructing EU-wide standardization.

💥 #GDPR #Commentary #Compilation incoming! We are excited to announce the forthcoming second edition of the Commentary on the GDPR. If you’d like a first glimpse, take a look at the free compilation featuring a selection of non-final draft commentaries on seven GDPR provisions.

📣New book chapter by @isabelarosal.bsky.social exploring a possibility of extending certain #DGA obligations to #databrokers. As a result of the V Data Final Conference, the book is published by Milan University Press in #openaccess and #available at libri.unimi.it/index.php/in...

#AI #liabiliy has recently attracted a lot of attention at the EU level with the withdrawal of the proposal for an AI Liability Directive. The Robotics & AI Law Society, @citip.bsky.social and the Knowledge Centre Data & Society organise a webinar on 18 March 2025 on the topic. More information 👇

Slimme toestellen zijn bijna overal te vinden. Ze bieden je gebruiksgemak, besparen tijd of geld en verhogen je levenskwaliteit. Maar ze hebben ook een duister kantje – en daar kan de wet (nog) niet altijd bij helpen, vertelt onze postdoc-onderzoeker Christof Koolen. kennismakers.be/de-duistere-...