AI Act: Brando Benifei believes that the Commission is not respecting the legislator’s wishes with its Code of Practice
Brando Benifei, the MEP who negotiated the AI Act on behalf of the European Parliament, is not at all satisfied with the third draft of the Code of Practice on generative AI, which is supposed to address issues relating to fundamental rights, transparency and copyright. He worries that the Commission…
Proof of intellectual property using blockchain: a victory for French startup BlockchainYourIP
For the first time in Europe, the French courts have recognized the validity of evidence derived from a public blockchain in an infringement trial, validating the protocols of the startup whose technology was used, BlockchainYourIP. According to the startup, this legal innovation could be very useful for copyright protection in…
IA Act: consultation launched on guidelines specifying developers’ obligations
The Commission is launching a consultation on its third guidelines under the AI Regulation, which will come fully into force on August 2. The aim is to clarify the interpretation of several concepts in the text, and in particular certain obligations of the providers of these models. Early this week,…