Shaping the EU Cloud and AI Development Act

How can we create responsible regulation when the AI race has just begun and there's still little evidence of its benefits for the European market and society? As the European Commission seeks public input on its upcoming Cloud & AI Development Act and its potential impacts, it aims to build more European data centers to match the economic power of the US and China in AI & cloud computing. But is it feasible and what do we do about the missing data?In this episode, Zuzana and Max for the first time welcome Leitmotiv's co-founder Christiaan van Veen who is a human rights lawyer with extensive experience at the UN, EU, and national level (NL). Together, Max and Christiaan share details about the 40-page analysis and policy recommendations they submitted to the Commission's call for evidence on the Act's possible impact, in collaboration with cultural anthropologist Corinne Cath.Through their rigorous analysis, solid conceptual framework, and six regulatory interventions, the authors point out how EU policy remains fixated on expanding cloud as a centralized “shared” or “infinity” factory – creating dependence on a few owners, weak competition, questionable social benefits, and guaranteed environmental costs.And their ultimate proposal for the EU Commission? Fix market failures first, then invest where public value is clear.(Correction (5:29): Christiaan mentions Article 9, but the correct version is Article 19.)-Paradigms is a podcast produced by Leitmotiv – an independent think tank focused on operationalizing values in our digital future.Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6JlonWocmeNx803GCJNWs8?si=d1b97c75000d4fb7Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shaping-the-eu-cloud-and-ai-development-act/id1842815462?i=1000732605907YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrojS7WBLF8Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.