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UK Government releases AI procurement guidelines

In today’s blog we review the UK Government’s new draft procurement guidelines for AI.   Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a major part of all our lives and societies. From popular voice command applications like Siri and Alexa; to business spam filters; and connected cars like Tesla; AI is all around us. Increasingly, AI is  being

WhatsApp conversations may be deemed valid contract in Spain

Using WhatsApp blue tick to sign contracts? WhatsApp chats have been considered a verbal contract between the parties by a Court in Vigo (Galicia, Spain). WhatsApp conversations may be a legally binding contract for the parties. An unpaid rent was the origin of this ruling. The landlords sued the tenant and the Court accepted the WhatsApp

Combining AI, IoT and Big Data: Can Regulation Cope?

In last week’s vlog we delved into the regulation of AI, IoT and Big Data when used together. AI, IoT and Big Data—these technologies and digital concepts undoubtedly play a major role in today’s highly connected era. As they are now; and continue to become more and more; integral in our day to day lives, several regulatory

Self-Driving Cars and GDPR

Driverless cars are on track to becoming a reality, but what of privacy and data protection? In this blog we explore self-driving cars and GDPR. When you think of self-driving cars what comes to mind? I’m willing to go on a limb here and say that it’s not just Knight Rider’s KITT, the Batmobile or

Real time bidding, programmatic advertising and privacy risks

Our Vlog this week covers adtech and real time bidding (RTB). Real-Time Bidding is a set of technologies and practices used in programmatic advertising that allow advertisers to compete for available digital advertising space in milliseconds, placing billions of online adverts on webpages and apps by automated means. In a nutshell, our fingerprint generates a

Fingerprinting and what it means for privacy?

This week we discuss device fingerprinting. Firstly though we want to know do you feel safe against online identifiers? Do you frequently delete cookies? It’s time to up your game and here’s why… what is fingerprinting? Beyond cookies or pixels, there are other techniques of identification and monitoring on the Internet. While it can be

AI Auditing and Ethical issues

Auditing is one of the main challenges that faces the Regulation of the AI. It’s important to note that audits can be internal or external. An internal AI audit helps an organisation evaluate, understand and communicate the degree to which AI will have an effect (either negative or positive) on the organisation’s ability to create

Is effective AI regulation possible?

On our Youtube channel this week, we are discussing how AI is currently regulated, challenges and what the future could look like! One of the main challenges of AI is avoiding discrimination in its application and results, which requires one to apply several controls on the datasets used for training and the ethical and general

Artificial Intelligence in H2020 overview

The Spanish Centre for Technological Industry Development (CDTI) held last Thursday 11th an info day about the importance of the artificial intelligence in H2020. Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and innovation programme ever with nearly €80 billion of funding available over 7 years, from 2014 to 2020 and it aims to reach three

AI Ethics in 2 minutes

On our YouTube channel this week, we are discussing the basis of AI Ethics, in line with the EU approach. As a member of the EU AI Alliance, Aphaia is involved in the discussion of all aspects of AI development and its impacts, and we regularly share our thoughts and feedback with the AI HLEG.