Visits: 14Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI, for short) is artificial intelligence capable of generating text, images or other media while using generative models. As a rule, Gen AI focuses on creating new and original content, on chat responses, designs, synthetic data, etc. GenAIs are already transforming businesses and allowing humans to be more creative and productive. […]
Category: Science and innovation
covering increasing role of science, research and innovation in the modern national development models
Funding European digital transitions in 2024
Visits: 8The Commission adopted in mid-December the amendment to the EU-wide Digital Europe Program for 2024, assigning €762.7 million in funding for the process of the European digital transitions aimed to benefit citizens, public sectors and businesses in the member states.
Digital labor platforms: expected EU-wide regulation
Visits: 25Decent working conditions to people working through digital labour platforms are the aims of a new EU directive. The idea has been supported by a political agreement between the European Parliament and the EU member states on improving working conditions in platform work; the directive drafted by the Commission already in December 2021. The […]
Artificial intelligence (AI): the EU and world-wide regulatory efforts
Visits: 9Existing and potential AI’s benefits are enormous to all walks of human life, i.e. for households, business and the economy. However, the acceleration and AIs implementation brings new challenges. As the AI’s regulatory front-runner, the EU is contributing to AI governance world-wide. By setting the AI standards, the digital community can pave the way […]
European green deal and clean transition in energy sector
Visits: 13The EU has already achieved during last four years several vital results in this sphere: speeding-up green and “clean” transition, lowering energy prices and addressing competition on global markets. Now it is the turn of decarbonising energy intensive industries.
Digital economy through modern global challenges: revealing best countries
Visits: 14As everyday online connections among people and communities, sectoral governance and businesses, numerous ICT-devices and data processing, etc. the digital economy has become a vital part of national agenda. Main components in digital economy, such as e-business and infrastructures, e-commerce, e-banking and e-governance make the concept an attractive tool in dealing with modern challenges.
Education and training in the EU for 2024: new initiatives
Visits: 29With a budget of €4.3 billion for 2024, the Erasmus+ program will support transnational experiences of school pupils, students in higher education, as well as vocational education and training. The program also offers numerous opportunities to adult learners, educators, teaching staff and young people in non-formal learning programs.
University alliances: ways to reform EU-wide and states’ education policies
Visits: 20The European University Alliances, EUAs are having already a turbulent history: initiated in 2018, there presently about 50 universities’ networks from numerous European countries “uniting” 430 higher education institutions, HEIs in 35 countries. The process is really revolutionizing the EU-wide education and training, however not without some drawbacks.
Artificial Intelligence’s safety summit: formulating perspective priorities
Visits: 18The global community is entering a completely new and different digital era witnessing a coming period where computers start acting human-kind and hopefully “intelligently”. With the complexity of the AIs facilities, the issues of safety are becoming more complex. At the recent AI safety summit in London the EU suggested four perspective priorities aimed […]
Global agreement on artificial intelligence: visualizing perspectives
Visits: 30The G7 adopted internationally guiding principles and the voluntary code of conduct to guarantee the safety and fundamental rights of people and businesses in using numerous AIs applications. The agreement will strengthen the AI uptake, investment and innovation reflecting the EU values to promote trustworthy AIs.