NOVEMBER – DECEMBER 2021
- UNESCO: 193 countries adopt the 1st agreement on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
6G
- Europe launches 1st large-scale 6G Research and Innovation Programme
- U.S. NIST and University Researchers Offer Future 6G Network Concept – 29/12/2021
# ITU
- ITU: Testing labs collaborate to maximize 5G impact
- 6th World Telecommunications/ICT Policy Forum charts course for an equitable and inclusive digital future
# OECD
- OECD AI Principles overview – 15/11/2021
# TRANSATLANTIC TECH COUNCIL
- AIDA delegation to Washington: a path is open to shape the digital future together, says committee Chair – 5/11/2021
# EU COMMISSION
- EU Commission Answer to a written question – Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence in the domain of Home Affairs – 21/12/2021
- Industrial alliances: EU Commissioner Breton chairs first meeting of European Alliance for Industrial Data, Edge and Cloud
- EU Commission publishes study on cybersecurity requirements for ICT products – 15/12/2021
# EU PARLIAMENT
- EP EMPL Committee: DRAFT OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on machinery products – 20/12/2021
- At a Glance – Mental health and well-being in the digital world of work post COVID – Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
- ENVI Committee: DRAFT OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmonised rules on Artificial Intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act) and amending certain Union Legislative Acts – 10/12/2021
- Artificial intelligence: MEPs discuss ways to reduce bias in AI systems – 30/11/2021
- EU Parliament Interview with MEP Axel Voss: AI – We need to act fast to realise the EU’s potential – 22/11/2021
- MEPs on Artificial intelligence: huge potential if ethical risks are addressed – 9/11/2021
- EP DRAFT REPORT on artificial intelligence in a digital age – 8/11/2021
# EU COUNCIL
- Main results of the EU Telecommunications Council – 3/12/2021
# EU COUNCIL PRESIDENCY
- The green and digital transformation at the heart of SME strategies – 16/11/2021
# EESC
- Latest Opinions of the European Economic and Social Committee on A.I. – 22/12/2021
- OJ:JOC_2021_517_R_0009: Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act) and amending certain union legislative acts (COM(2021) 206 final — 2021/106 (COD))
- OJ:JOC_2021_517_R_0008: Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — Fostering a European approach to Artificial Intelligence (COM(2021) 205 final)
# EU COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS
- Artificial Intelligence in Europe: Regions and cities emphasise their contribution and call for stronger safeguards against social scoring – 2/12/2021
# EU MEMBER STATES
– GERMANY
- Baden-Württemberg beschließt umfassende Cybersicherheitsstrategie – 21/12/2021
- Baden-Württemberg: Land ist Spitzenreiter bei Künstlicher Intelligenz in der Hochschulbildung
- Runder Tisch berät Rahmen für verantwortungsvollen Umgang mit Künstlicher Intelligenz: An europäischen Werten ausrichten
# NATO
- NATO on technology: Why our values should drive our technology choices – 17/12/2021
# UN
- IAEA Teams up with ITU and UN Family to Promote AI for Good – 17/11/2021
# STAKEHOLDERS
– DIGITAL EUROPE
- Thousands of European citizens and businesses learn about emerging technologies with Digital SkillUp – Digitaleurope – 16/12/2021
– BITKOM
- Fast drei Viertel sehen Künstliche Intelligenz als Chance – Bitkom – 10/12/2021
– CCIA
- CCIA Responds to EU consultation on Civil liability and AI – 17/12/2021
– IFR
- Robot Density nearly Doubled globally – International Federation of Robotics report – 14/12/2021
- World Robotics 2021 – Service Robots report released – 4/11/2021
# THINKTANKS & RESEARCH
– BRUEGEL
- 2021 in review: New tech in the workplace – Bruegel – 18/11/2021
– THE FUTURE SOCIETY
- Launch of Global Online Course on Artificial Intelligence and the Rule of Law – 10/12/2021
– IFO-INSTITUTE
- ifo-Studie: Deutschland nur Mittelmaß bei Digitalisierung
# GLOBAL MARKETS
– UK
- UK Government report: Robotics and autonomous systems: defence science and technology capability – 17/12/2021
- UK Government: AI Barometer 2021 – 17/12/2021
- UK Government: SAPIENT autonomous sensor system – 20/12/2021
- US and UK research labs collaborate on autonomy and AI – 18/10/2021
– SWITZERLAND
- Semiconductors reach the quantum world – Swiss Government – 22/12/2021
– AUKUS
- Readout of AUKUS Joint Steering Group Meetings – The White House – 17/12/2021
– USA
- US administration launches portal for AI researchers – 20/12/2021
- Readout of the Fourth National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Task Force Meeting – 15/12/2021
- How to deploy machine learning with differential privacy – NIST – 21/12/2021
- U.S. NIST has invited a public review of its Concept Paper for the NIST AI Risk Management Framework
- U.S. NIST: Consumer Cybersecurity Labeling for IoT Products: Discussion Draft on the Path Forward – 3/12/2021
- U.S. NIST: Requests Information to Help Guide Emerging Technologies
– RUSSIA
- Russian President: Instructions following the Artificial Intelligence Journey conference – 12/11/2021
# MEDIA
- ZDNet: Robots in 2022: Six predictions from industry-leading humans – 3/12/2021
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