Artificial Intelligence and AI Act – Page 2

Digital cities and “deserving” citizens: from points-based citizenship to the AI Act’s ban on social scoring

Jul 4, 2026

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In recent years several Italian municipalities trialled “points-based citizenship” schemes that closely echoed the much-criticised Chinese social-control model: virtuous-citizen wallets, digital licences, scorecards. Today that debate has a new legal frame: since 2 February 2025, social scoring is an AI practice prohibited by Article 5 of the AI Act. What remains of those projects, and…

Neurorights and neural data: the UNESCO Recommendation on the ethics of neurotechnology, the first global standard protecting the mind

Jul 4, 2026

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On 11 November 2025 the UNESCO General Conference adopted the Recommendation on the Ethics of Neurotechnology, the first global normative instrument in the field: definitions of neurotechnology and neural data, mental privacy, a ban on manipulation, and the qualification of neural data as sensitive data. A significant step. But will a soft-law instrument be enough…

ISO/IEC 42001 and the AI Act: why certification is not (yet) a presumption of conformity

Jul 4, 2026

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On 18 March 2026 EN ISO/IEC 42001:2026 was published, the European adoption of the standard on Artificial Intelligence management systems, while the work of CEN-CLC/JTC 21 on harmonised standards supporting the AI Act proceeds rapidly. But beware of confusing the levels: the AIMS of ISO/IEC 42001 is not the quality-management system required by Article 17…

The AI Act and the Digital Omnibus: the new high-risk timeline, between simplification and fundamental rights

Jul 4, 2026

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On 16 June 2026 the European Parliament gave final approval to the amendment of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 within the so-called “Digital Omnibus on AI”: the obligations for high-risk systems are postponed to 2 December 2027 and 2 August 2028, the simplifications for SMEs are extended to small mid-caps, and the generation of non-consensual intimate material…