The more humanity develops, the more problems it creates. As if overpopulation, environmental pollution, and climate change weren’t enough, we have introduced an uncontrollable alternative to our own intellects to the fray. In light of this digital revolution, people seem to forget that artificial intelligence in itself is just a product on the market, developed and tested by tech companies and start-ups. It has been in use already for quite some time, long before ChatGPT came out. 

As with any other product, AI should be regulated, to minimise the potential harm to users and maximise its effectiveness. With that in mind, the European Union is currently preparing the AI Act, the world’s first comprehensive AI law. 

At our next event in the Transylvania Lectures series our guest speaker will be Axel Voss, Member of the European Parliament since 2009, rapporteur on the AI Act. He is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, and coordinator of the European People's Party (EPP) group in the Committee on Legal Affairs since 2017. His parliamentary work focuses on digital and legal topics, he has been the rapporteur or shadow rapporteur for the EPP group on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Passenger Name Record (PNR), Eurojust regulation, EU-US Privacy Shield, Digital Content Directive, reform of the EU copyright law, ePrivacy Regulation and the European Parliament's legislative own-initiative report on a civil liability regime for Artificial Intelligence.

The discussion will be moderated by Gyula Winkler, Member of the European Parliament and the EPP group. Former Minister of Communications and Information Society and Minister-Delegate for Commerce of Romania.

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