E147 ‘The EU AI Act: Building Trust and Safety in AI’ with Jared Browne, Fexco

Today's guest is Jared Browne, Head of Privacy and AI Governance at Fexco who discusses the EU AI Act. He explains its risk-based approach, its focus on trust, safety, and sustainability in AI and the need for companies to prepare for compliance. Jared also highlights the Act's complexity, enforcement challenges and global implications.

Topics include:

• The EU AI Act's aim for trust, safety and sustainability in AI
• Comparing 2018 guidelines to 2020 regulation with penalties
• How user-driven AI development leads to unintended consequences
• Challenges in global adoption of the AI Act such as governance
• Imposing responsibilities on providers, deployers and distributors
• Why deployers assess tools and providers ensure EU compliance or risk exclusion
• How unintended behaviors of AI raise ethical workplace considerations
• Adapting to technology's impact on society with fairness principles.