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'Technology is not value-free'

Didi Kirsten Tatlow is a Senior Fellow at the Asia Program at the German Council on Foreign Relations. She has co-edited and co-authored a book, “China’s Quest for Foreign Technology: Beyond Espionage” that reveals Beijing's legal and illegal hunt for foreign technology. In an interview with China.Table, Tatlow urges the West to step up its determination to finally better protect innovations from Chinese takeovers. At stake, she says, is nothing less than our open form of society.

By Marcel Grzanna

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AI regulation: The state of negotiations on the Council

The regulation of artificial intelligence was one of the priorities of the Slovenian Council Presidency. At the end of November, it published a first compromise draft. Now the French have drawn up their own proposals. Among other things, they are calling for users of high-risk AI systems to be given information about the systems' mechanisms.

By Jasmin Kohl

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Product liability and AI: Commission working on new rules

The Product Liability Directive has been in force since 1985. Since then, the product landscape has changed significantly, especially due to digitalization. It is questionable whether the directive still offers sufficient legal certainty and consumer protection in the age of intelligent and AI-based products and services. The Commission wants to tighten things up.

By Eugenie Ankowitsch