Maxime Ricard

As you're likely aware, Belgium, the land of delicious waffles 🧇, world-renowned chocolate 🍫, and exceptional beer 🍺, has recently taken over the Presidency of @EUCouncil. But what does it mean for #startups? To discover our insights, check out the brief video below. 👇

📝 Signed! Coreper I Ambassadors confirmed the final compromise text found on the proposal on harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (#AIAct). The AI Act is a milestone, marking the 1st rules for AI in the 🌍, aiming to make it safe & in respect of 🇪🇺 fundamental rights.

Heute ist das Ringen um 🇩🇪 Haltung zum #AI-Act mit einem guten Kompromiss zu Ende gegangen. @bmdv hätte sich einen noch schlankeren und innovativeren Rahmen für #KI vorstellen können, aber gemeinsam hat die🚦gerade bei Copyright, Stakeholderbeteil. & int. Offenheit viel erreicht.

Have a #startup-inspired Christmas! 🎄Dive into our latest blog post to unwrap the potential gifts 🎁 of EU policies we hope to see wrapped up under the Belgian Presidency 👉 ow.ly/m5j250QkwoJ

Last Friday, the #AIAct's final trilogue went down! 🤖 Following a 36-hour negotiation marathon spread over 3 days, the EP and EU Council ultimately reached a provisional agreement 🤝. Scroll through the rest of this thread to stay in the loop 🔁 on where we stand as AFS.