The first full week of Technical Meetings on the AI Omnibus is over and we are coming closer to the finish line. Strasburg next week will be decisive. Despite the super ambitious timeline, there is an actual chance that the parliamentarians will strike a compromise in time. This would allow the co-legislators to start the trilogue in April as planned.

Written several weeks ago, this publication could not be more timely as the latest US National Security Strategy has injected fresh friction into the transatlantic relationship. Over the last 72 hours, EU newspapers and LinkedIn posts have painted a rather gloomy picture. But is outrage or an obsession with the next moves from Washington really our best option right now?

The European Commission is setting up one of the most consequential governance bodies under the AI Act: the AI Scientific Panel. Its 60 independent experts will serve a two-year term, advising the European AI Office (and national authorities) on GPAI models and systems. They will have an big say on how the most advanced AI technologies need to be tested or what future developments would mean for the law.

The EU’s AI Act is more than a regulatory text—it’s a declaration of European values in the digital age. As pressure mounts to delay or weaken it, we must stay the course, provide clarity for innovators, and show that Europe stands by its democratic decisions.

After months of preparation, my co-authors and I present a bold and values-driven strategy to restore the EU's strategic autonomy.

The chairs’ vision will be crucial in guiding GPAI rules for the future and ensuring that EU way to AI trustworthiness will endure.

My final overview of external activities is concluding 2 years of constant public engagement to bring transparency in EU policy-making.

This post lists each document that has been produced from 2015 until 2024, on the long journey to the final law.

This regular updated blog post provides you with the key dates when it comes to the implementation and enforcement of the AI Act.

This document gives you on 22 pages a comprehensive list of all obligations and tasks that the AI Act refers to Member States.

My article gives you on 25 pages a comprehensive list of all obligations and tasks in the EU AI Act for the European Commission.

Prof Schwartmann, Prof Keber, and I have finalised our legal handbook on the EU AI Act. To be released this summer.

While Axel Voss is rocking his election campaign in Germany, I circulated his AI Act message across the EU.

Spearheading the implementation of the AI, the AI Office requires robust leadership and an innovative structure.

As the AI Act timeline should be clear by now, this post will focus on four suggestions of how to develop a competitive edge.

Find in this article Axel's speech on the adopted AI Act during the discussion with other parliamentarians and his statement after the vote.

I became part of the 'Network of Experts' that will advise the United Nations Secretary-General’s 'High-Level Advisory Body on AI'.

The following steps are required to make the EU AI Act a genuine success story.

Todays headline came as a surprise to many. Moreover, it casts doubts on one of the major arguments against foundation models regulation.

Proud of many achievements, disappointed over the untapped potential but truly shocked by the ways the EU is currently doing laws.