/14 One of the most critical points of the #AI whitepaper from the @EU_Commission: https://t.co/yUvym3XGtr

/13 “economic actors remain fully responsible for the compliance of #AI to existing rules that protects consumers,any algorithmic exploitation of consumer behaviour in violation of existing rules shall be not permitted and violations shall be accordingly punished” < How to prove?

/12 “By analysing large amounts of data and identifying links among them, #AI may also be used to retrace and de-anonymise data about persons, creating new personal data protection risks even in respect to datasets that per se do not include personal data.” < as @nytimes showed

/11 “there’s a potential risk that #AI may be used in breach of EU data protection and other rules by state authorities or other entities for mass surveillance and by employers to observe how employees behave” < Accept the cookies to be mass-surveilled and continue @EU_Commission

/10 “SMEs & start-ups will need access to finance in order to adapt their processes or to innovate using #AI. Building on the forthcoming pilot investment fund of €100 million in AI and blockchain, @EU_Commission plans to further scale up access to finance in AI under InvestEU”

/9 “The Plan will also increase awareness of #AI at all levels of education in order to prepare citizens for informed decisions that will be increasingly affected by AI.” < This is one of the most important commitments of the @EU_Commission paper. Extremely difficult to implement

8/ “The centres and the networks should concentrate in sectors where Europe has the potential to become a global champion such as industry, health, transport, finance, agrifood value chains, energy/environment, forestry, earth observation and space.”

7/ “The objective is to attract over €20 billion of total investment in the EU per year in #AI over the next decade. To stimulate private and public investment, the EU will make available resources from the Digital Europe Programme, Horizon Europe.”

6/ “Action 1: @EU_Commission, taking into account the results of the public consultation on the White Paper, will propose to the Member States a revision…to be adopted by end 2020” < COVID-19 will make us rethink value of data and #AI priorities. Maybe worth postponing revision

5/ “This plan proposes some 70 joint actions for closer and more efficient cooperation between Member States and @EU_Commission in key areas, such as research, investment, market uptake, skills & talent, data and international cooperation. The plan is scheduled to run until 2027”