Guest Comment: Strong Regulation of AI thus promoting innovation & economic growth
Life is shifting further and further into the digital world, or rather the analog world is being complemented by the digital one. Just as the Internet changed society a few decades ago, AI will now bring about a significant change. How we face this as the European Union, the state and the individual now needs to be defined. With the proposal for a Regulation laying down harmonised rules on Artificial Intelligence (AI Act for short), the European Union is setting a first milestone around the regulation, definition and approach to artificial intelligence.
Our position on the draft of the AI Act by the European Parliament
AI AUSTRIA ON THE POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ON THE AI ACT: FOR SAVING OPEN SOURCE AND A CLEAR DEFINITION OF AI
National AI Associations Join Forces and Launch European AI Forum (EAIF)
Consolidating leading national AI initiatives, supporting European entrepreneurs and citizens, the newly formed European AI Forum will engage proactively with European stakeholders to forge a truly European AI agenda.AI AUSTRIA ON THE POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ON THE AI ACT: FOR SAVING OPEN SOURCE AND A CLEAR DEFINITION OF AI
Study: What do Austrians think about ChatGPT?
What do Austrians think about AI and tools like ChatGPT? Explore the intricate sentiments and concerns revealed in a recent survey, alongside the potential benefits and drawbacks that AI could bring to the workplace and education sectors.
For Responsible AI - Taking Measures not Moratoriums
On the occasion of the current call for a moratorium on the development of artificial intelligence, the European AI Forum publishes the following statement:
European AI Forum: Call for prompt, clear legal framework for AI instead of preventing societal progress by a moratorium.
Comment: Austria’s lack of commitment in AI research
On the occasion of the current call for a moratorium on the development of artificial intelligence, the European AI Forum publishes the following statement:
European AI Forum: Call for prompt, clear legal framework for AI instead of preventing societal progress by a moratorium.
Infobit: M&A and Venture Capital
Our friends at Samira Advisors provided us an infobit on M&A and venture capital in AI and deeptech.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a rapidly growing sector attracting investors from around the world. The latest trends in Series A funding for AI companies reveal some interesting insights about this evolving industry. In this blog post, we will take a closer look at the numbers and what they mean for the future of AI.
Launching a community job board
We are happy to launch a job board for the Austrian AI community.
Generative AI: Showcasing Innovations of Austria's AI Community
Exciting AI times - Within just a few months, amazing new generative AI tools and APIs have been made available that developers can now use to kickstart their projects and ideas. Things that required an own R&D team and a server farm can now be solved with a few lines of code.
ReCap: Community Workshop at Amazon Web Services
On December 1st 2022 the Reinforcement Learning Community had the pleasure to hold a workshop on applied reinforcement learning at @AWS in Vienna.
Impact of the AI Act on the European AI startup market
The legislative proposal to regulate artificial intelligence is currently being discussed in Brussels.
EU AI Act: AI regulation on the way
On 6 December 2022, the Council of the European Union has adopted its common position (general approach) on the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act). Upon the adoption of the general approach the Council can now enter into negotiations with the European Parliament (so-called trilogues), once the Parliament adopts its own position with a view to reaching an agreement on the proposed AI Act.
Upcoming Workshop at Amazon Web Services
📣 We would like to invite you to join our workshop ‘industrial application of reinforcement learning’ organized by our RL Community.
Survey: Economic Impact of the European AI Act
📣 calling all AI companies: We will provide feedback to the European Parliament on its current proposal for the AI act, which will massively impact the European AI industry.
Launch AI & IoT Focus Community
New initiative: IoT & AI focus community, with our friends from DigitalCity.Wien and TECHHOUSE - Architects of Digital Transformation
Research Workshop at TU Vienna
🎯On May 24 2022 we held a research workshop at Vienna technical University.
Video talk at Brutkasten: AI landscape in Austria
AI Austria Co-Founder Clemens Wasner in a video talk about the updated, greatly expanded AI landscape in Austria.
The full talk can be found here. (German only)
AAIC | AI in Austria | Applied AI Conference Nov '21
On November 23rd & 24th our fifth AAIC - Applied AI Conference of the year took place, this time with a strong focus on AI in Austria - from startups and community to foreign direct investments.
"Politik am Ring": AI Austria goes parliament
AI Austria on television!
On 18 October 2021, we were part of the program "Politik am Ring", in which every third Monday of the month speakers of the five parliamentary parties and experts discuss a current legislative proposal.
If you would like to watch the full episode of "Politik am Ring: Back from the future? Is Austria's strategy for artificial intelligence ambitious enough?", you can find the link here. (German only)