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How many neurons must a system compute before you can call it AI? Unpicking the guidelines on the AI Act’s definition of artificial intelligence

Bob Dylan famously asked, “How many roads must a man walk down, before you can call him a man?”. The power of the question is that there is no answer – and comparing the tribulations of one person’s journey through life to another’s defies any attempt at simple quantification.  In much the same way, the... Continue Reading…

AI literacy requirements are in effect : AI skilling and lifelong learning in the workplace 

It’s time to ensure your staff know how to tell weights from biases, and transformers from diffusion models. 2nd February marked the date the EU AI Act’s much-talked-about AI literacy requirements officially came into effect. Staff can no longer nod along when they hear explanations of ‘machine learning’ or ‘neural networks’. There is now a... Continue Reading…

A new prohibition era for AI: why you could be ‘bootlegging’ banned tech

If hearing the word “prohibition” brings to mind the moonshine, speakeasies, and bootleg liquor of 1920s America, you’re not alone. It conjures images from ‘Boardwalk Empire’ or ‘The Untouchables’.  But today’s prohibition isn’t about gin or whiskey – it’s about AI. With the EU’s new “prohibited AI” rules in force, entire categories of technology are... Continue Reading…

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Direct to device satellite services and MSS services: Upcoming regulatory changes

New satellite services are in development which will permit satellites to communicate directly with unmodified end user phones. These services fall into a category of satellite services known as direct to device services, or “D2D” services. In addition to these services, a number of other innovative “mobile satellite services” in development including satellite services for... Continue Reading…