Jean-Marc Leclerc’s Post

📢 Mark your calendars! On June 4, CERRE will be hosting a special event to discuss the future of innovation and the governance of foundational technologies in the EU's digital markets as the current legislative mandate concludes.   🔥 Featuring a fireside chat with Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President of Microsoft, and Bruno LIEBHABERG, Executive Chairman of CERRE.   👥 The fireside chat will be followed by a broader discussion also involving Olivier Guersent, Director General of the European Commission DG Competition; Benoît Coeuré, President of the French Competition Authority; and Prof. Viktoria (Vicky) Robertson, Head of the Competition Law and Digitalization Group, WU Vienna.   More information ➡ https://lnkd.in/ezFPxVn4 #Innovation #EURegulation #EUDigitalMarket #AI #Competition #Competitiveness #Foundationaltechnologies

Keeping with the tradition of contributing to the policy debate at the start of a new #EU political cycle 👉 here’s our #digital policy agenda for Europe published today, outlining 6 key areas - #AI; digital #competitiveness; resilience; #trade; #green growth; and talent - that we believe the EU should prioritise to innovate further and thrive in today’s complex world. 🇪🇺 👇 https://lnkd.in/eytZ3YJW

📚 "Time to Build a European Digital Ecosystem" (FEPS Europe) "The #policy study ‘Time to build a #European #ecosystem’ outlines critical steps for the EU to reduce digital dependencies and create a resilient, autonomous, and socially inclusive digital framework. The study emphasises the importance of enforcing existing digital #regulations and creating a European Digital Industrial Policy (#EDIP) to drive #innovation and secure European #values." 👉 With the significant contribution of Francesca Bria, Trustee of the Nexa Center for Internet & Society 🔗 Access the full publication here: https://lnkd.in/digr_eyJ #EU #digital #ecosystem #regulation #ai #sustainability 

Mark Lubbock and Ellen Keenan-O'Malley discuss the EU's regulatory challenges around AI, particularly in light of new legislation like the Digital Markets Act. They address concerns around data, competition, and innovation, pointing out the risks of overregulation, including the potential to curb tech competitiveness and the possibility of Europe losing its position in the global market.   Read the full article here - https://lnkd.in/e66DadWm   OneTrust DataGuidance.

All roads lead to Rome…where, over the last 2 days, our Chair Marcus Bokkerink and Executive Director of the Digital Markets Unit Will Hayter, met with representatives of the other G7 member states, the European Commission and the OECD - OCDE, at the Joint Competition Authorities and Policymakers’ Summit. At the Summit, Marcus and Will were delighted to discuss recent developments in AI, enforcement activities, and policy and regulatory issues in the digital sector. The Summit's overarching theme was developing a common vision for the future of competition policy in the era of #AI. At the conclusion of the summit, we published a joint G7 Digital Competition Communiqué, reinforcing our shared commitment to enforce competition laws and develop policies as necessary to ensure the principles of fair competition are applied to digital markets. It also emphasises the importance of global alignment in how we approach these issues. The CMA would like to thank the Italian Competition Authority (Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato) for hosting this year. Read more: https://lnkd.in/emwxJR3g #ArtificialIntelligence #DigitalMarkets #CompetitionLaw #G7Summit

A few more words about what happened... First and foremost, when examining the photo, please do not rely on simple pattern matching. Please do me a favor and read the message. 🤣 The recent re-election of Donald Trump can be seen as a chance, a chance for the EU and Germany. While it looks like Donald Trump will not slow down USA's progress in high-tech including AI, there are also voices that claim that "America first" could be a challenge for other continents. I see the challenge and recognize it as a chance. The EU and Germany now could and should focus on facilitating their own economic growth and strengthening their high-tech agendas. Open-source software and open Artificial Intelligence could be building blocks in pushing our continent forward. What happened is a wake-up call. Are you awake? Cool cap by the even cooler Bart De Witte.

G7 competition approach for AI. This week I joined my CMA colleague Will Hayter and officials from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Department for Business and Trade to participate in the G7 competition authorities and government policymakers’ discussions on AI, hosted brilliantly by the Autorità Antitrust I took away that across these seven advanced and liberal democratic economies, we are all working to achieve common outcomes, in coherent ways. There is particular alignment on: 1. The tremendously positive impact AI can bring to innovation, productivity and growth for our people, businesses and economies; 2. The best ways to achieve those positive outcomes now, and importantly in the future, anchored on competition and transparency, both in the development of powerful AI models and in how people and businesses use them across the economy; 3. The biggest risks that could hold back that potential, and how to preempt those risks through competition and consumer protection enforcement and targeted, proportionate regulation; 4. That means, putting into practice: access for innovators to the key inputs needed to develop AI foundation models; diversity in foundation models and in ways to access them in the market; choice for businesses and people in when and how they use such models and under what conditions, without anti-competitive restrictions, exclusions or exploitation; and of course, transparency for and accountability to customers; 5. How each of our sovereign nations can bring about those positive market outcomes, through both corrective and preemptive action, within our respective legal frameworks. The joint communique reflects that coherence.

AI may dominate the 2025 city and county outlook, but trends like collaborative tech, digital identity, and managing tech talent are equally pivotal. Explore Alan Shark's insights on how local governments can adapt and thrive: https://lnkd.in/dFQWqh5A

An insightful read on the role of technology in local government—balancing its potential to transform daily operations with the costs of adopting these technologies. At Zencity, we're proud to support cities as an all-in-one solution, helping them use technology to strengthen trust with their communities. Excited to keep partnering with local governments to navigate this online future!

In a remarkable leap forward, the UK government is demonstrating how AI can be responsibly harnessed within public services to expedite decision-making, reduce backlogs, and bolster support for citizens. This initiative showcases an inspirational meld of technology and governance, moving beyond the fear of the unknown, and embracing the potential that lies within our digital evolution. • This commitment is highlighted through the Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard