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Quo Vadis MDCG? The missed opportunities on AI-based medical devices - CiTiP blog After a long-awaited period, the Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG) issued in June 2025 its first Q&A document on the interplay between the medical device regulations and the Artificial Intellig...

📣New blog post!

In June 2025, the MDCG issued its long awaited Q&As on AI-based medical devices, but key gaps remain. In their new blog, @bisilisib.bsky.social & Marie Kohoutova unpack missed opportunities and offer recommendations for the next guidance.

Read their full blog post here 👇

Offline by Right? The EHDSR and the Choice Not to Go Online. - CiTiP blog The recently adopted European Health Data Space Regulation marks a significant step toward the digitalisation of healthcare within the European Union, with the potential to improve the quality of medi...

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Marta Musidlowska reflects on the EHDS Regulation, its push for digital healthcare in the EU, and the limited safeguards for those unable or unwilling to go online, raising questions about a potential “right not to use the Internet".

De ouders van de tiener Adam Raine klaagden OpenAI aan, omdat hun zoon overleed nadat hij zijn suïcidale gedachten deelde met ChatGPT.

Onze onderzoekers Rob Heyman en Jan De Bruyne werden vandaag geïnterviewd door De Morgen over deze tragische zaak.

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Fanfictie is booming business: “Nu superhelden het minder doen, kan fanfictie het nieuwe goud worden” Nog nooit vond fanfictie zo makkelijk de weg tot in de boekhandel of de filmstudio. Waarom slaat die nu zo breed aan? “Via fanfictie kun je je indirect weer thuis voelen in de veilige wereld van Harry Potter zonder J.K. Rowling te steunen.”

And finally, our Jozefien Vanherpe on the booming business of fan fiction in De @standaard.be

Our Jozefien Vanherpe on the same topic in 'De wereld vandaag' (Radio 1)

Our Jozefien Vanherpe on AI-generated music in @terzake.bsky.social

Hoeveel vrijheid moeten we opgeven voor onze veiligheid? ‘De overheid wurmt zich steeds dieper in mijn privéleven. Wanneer kan ik daar eens tegen stemmen?’ Uw privacy ligt onder vuur: Google, OpenAI en andere Meta’s sjacheren met uw data, en in de Belgische straten houden een half miljoen camera’s u in de gaten. Bovendien wil de Europese Commissie met ee...

Our @sofieroyer.be participated in a debate on privacy and security in Humo.

Met deepfake-machine Sora van OpenAI kan iedereen nu nepvideo’s maken Een sociaal medium vol AI-video’s, waaronder je eigen deepfakes. Is OpenAI’s nieuwe app Sora een nieuw ‘ChatGPT-moment’ of iets waarover we ons maar beter zorgen maken? ‘Deze video’s kun je niet als p...

Our Jozefien Vanherpe on the new Open AI app Sora in @demorgen.be

Chatten met Meta AI? Wat u zegt, wordt gebruikt voor reclame In de apps van Meta, zoals Instagram en Facebook, zult u straks advertenties en andere gepersonaliseerde inhoud zien op basis van de gesprekken die u hebt gevoerd met de AI-chatbot van het bedrijf. Die conversaties zijn dus niet privé: Meta behandelt ze zoals uw publieke berichten.

Our Julie Mannekens commented on the use of Meta AI chats for advertising purposes in De @standaard.be

✨Our researchers in the media!✨

This month, several of our colleagues shared their insights and expertise in the media — bringing their research to a wider audience. 🎙️📺 🗞️

Curious where to watch, listen, or read? See the links below👇👇👇

Ethical Neurotech: A Regulatory Playbook for Governments - CiTiP blog Neurotechnology is moving from the lab bench to living rooms, clinics, and—increasingly—courtrooms. Devices that sense and stimulate the brain promise extraordinary therapeutic benefits: restoring mov...

📣New blog post by Erica Harper

Neurotech is leaving the lab for homes, hospitals—and courts. This playbook shows governments how to protect mental privacy and agency, ban coercive uses, classify risk, and fund what works—so innovation flourishes without sacrificing human dignity.

#ECREA-CLP started with a keynote by Peggy Valcke @citip.bsky.social on media freedom and pluralism in the age of AI and platforms, sharing her optimism about EMFA's future impact.

Secure Processing Environments: A European Experiment in Data Governance - CiTiP blog ‘Secure Processing Environments’ (SPEs) are being increasingly integrated into EU law regulating data access. As an emerging legal concept, we take a closer look at the position of the concept and the...

Secure Processing Environments are being increasingly integrated into EU law regulating data access. In this blog post Andrea Palumbo and Leander Stähler take a closer look at the position of the concept and what novel legal questions this raises.

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Overuren voor wetenschapscommunicatie!

Vorige week was ik op @deafspraak.bsky.social met een woordje uitleg over het Europese voorstel om privécommunicatie te scannen op kindermisbruik ("chat control") en vandaag deed ik hetzelfde in de podcast Virtual met o.a. @timverheyden.bsky.social.

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The unspoken role of the ai act in the creation of data sources for cybersecurity technologies - CiTiP blog The EU AI Act, primarily focusing on health safety and fundamental rights of individuals, will play an often-overlooked yet critical role in improving cybersecurity technologies by its mandatory loggi...

The EU AI Act isn’t just about safety & rights. It could quietly transform cybersecurity. Mandatory logging for high-risk AI creates a goldmine for detecting anomalies, spotting AI-specific attacks & boosting threat intel. A hidden ally for stronger defenses. Read Eyup Kun`s blog post on this topic👇

Data access vs. data re-use: can the open data movement survive in the CJEU? - CiTiP blog Discussions around open data and re-use of public sector information (PSI) have increased and occupy a central role in the European Data Strategy. As a central part of this debate, one should differen...

📣New blog post by @isabelarosal.bsky.social

Can you re-use public access information without accessing it? The CJEU understands that one depends on the other, but also highlights that access and re-use are different activities. #opendata #publicsector #opendatadirective #datagovernance

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📅 Applications are welcome until 1 September

📧 Questions? iusstart.law@kuleuven.be

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HEREDITARY is featured in the latest episode of the Brain Talks podcast!

We dive into how trustworthy AI can transform brain research, with insights from Elisabetta Biasin (@citip.bsky.social) and Helena Ledmyr (@incforg.bsky.social)

🎧 https://www.braininnovationdays.eu/brain-talks-podcast/

NFT platforms and the DGA: Navigating a legal grey area - CiTiP blog This blogpost explores the application of the DGA to NFT platforms, focusing on their potential exclusion as ‘’copyright intermediaries’’ under Art 2(11)(b) DGA. It argues that, due to ambiguous legis...

📣 New blogpost by Francesca Portante d'Alessandro

This blogpost explores the unclear application of the Data Governance Act to NFT platforms.

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Opportunities and barriers for civil society organisations in shaping the regulation of generative AI (Part 2) - CiTiP blog The previous part of this blog post outlined the co-regulatory mechanisms that will be used to regulate GenAI and highlighted the role that CSOs should play in their development.  This follow-up blog ...

📣New blogpost by by Vladimir Apraxine

This follow-up blog post analyses the power asymmetries and barriers to CSOs’ participation in the development of the CoP on GPAI and harmonised standards.

#AIAct #GenAI #CivilSociety

Opportunities and barriers for civil society organisations in shaping the regulation of generative AI (Part 1) - CiTiP blog This blog post highlights a significant vulnerability in the AI Act’s regulation of generative AI (GenAI), namely its failure to prevent the power asymmetry between corporate entities and civil societ...

📣New blogpost by Vladimir Apraxine

Civil society organisations face a major power imbalance in shaping generative AI rules. Active engagement with implementing bodies is essential to counterbalance this asymmetry. #AIAct #GenAI #CivilSociety

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RU CiTiP - PhD scholarship holder (100%) Doctoral researcher with a special interest in technology, law and children’s rights

📣We are recruiting!

CiTiP is looking for an enthusiastic and proactive PhD researcher to join its team and work on children’s rights to privacy and data protection.

Interested in doing a PhD on this topic?

⌛Deadline 14 July 2025.

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Minority Report in the EU? The AI Act’s Weak Spot on Crime Prediction - CiTiP blog Predicting future crime sounds like something out of a science fiction novel, but it’s already a reality in several countries. In the UK, the Ministry of Justice is reportedly developing a “homicide p...

📣New blogpost by Arno Cuypers

The AI Act bans crime prediction based on profiling, but loopholes remain. Black-box tools, biased data, and vague rules risk labeling people as future criminals. Stronger safeguards are needed to protect rights and prevent abuse.

#AIAct #predictivepolicing

Ethical hacking under the Belgian NIS2-law: still a safe haven? - CiTiP blog In October 2024, the Belgian NIS2 law came into force. This law transposes the NIS2 Directive into Belgian law and establishes a policy on coordinated vulnerability disclosure (CVD), which tightens th...

📣New blogpost by @charlottesomers.bsky.social and @koenvranckaert.bsky.social

Is ethical hacking still possible under the new Belgian NIS2 law?

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Emotion Recognition or Unrecognizable Law? - CiTiP blog When not forbidden by the AI Act, emotion recognition AI systems qualify as high-risk AI systems. However, the state-of-the-art research on emotion recognition justifies questioning the compatibility ...

📣New blogpost by @tatianaduarte.bsky.social: Developing and deploying AI systems for emotion recognition entails several legal, axiological and epistemic issues. Does state-of-the-art research allow robust AI development? And is emotion recognition for law enforcement compatible with a fair trial?

The (too many) facets of trustworthy AI - CiTiP blog While trustworthy AI has rightfully gained prominence for its potential to address the challenges and risks that can arise when designing, developing and deploying AI systems, the concept has evolved ...

📣New Blogpost: has trustworthy #AI become an unrealistic ideal? @victoriahendrickx.bsky.social discusses how the concept has evolved over time to include so many aspects that it risks becoming unattainable. She therefore calls for more clarity and interdisciplinary research.

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🚨Laatste kans om te solliciteren voor de functie van junior onderzoeker bij @citip.bsky.social

Deze functie draagt bij aan het werk van het Kenniscentrum Data & Maatschappij, waar we kritisch én constructief nadenken over de ethische, juridische en maatschappelijke impact van AI.

Navigating accountability principle: The Concept of “Processor” in the Context of a Data Space (part 2/2) - CiTiP blog Data spaces, as interoperable frameworks based on common governance principles, standards, practices and enabling services, are aimed to enable trusted data transactions between participants. In their...

📣New blogpost by Marta Musidlowska & Matteo Frigeri

In the evolving landscape of data spaces, defining roles under the GDPR is becoming increasingly complex. This blog explores how the accountability principle applies across different layers of a data space, highlighting key scenarios & challenges.

Navigating accountability principle: The Concept of “Controller” in the Context of a Data Space (part 1/2) - CiTiP blog Data spaces, as interoperable frameworks based on common governance principles, standards, practices and enabling services, are aimed to enable trusted data transactions between participants. In their...

📣New blogpost by Marta Musidlowska & Matteo Frigeri

In the evolving landscape of data spaces, defining roles under the GDPR is becoming increasingly complex. This blog explores how the accountability principle applies across different layers of a data space, highlighting key scenarios & challenges.