212 - Guest: Antonina Burlachenko, AI Regulatory Consultant
Jul 8, 2024
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Antonina Burlachenko discusses the implications of the EU AI Act, similarities with GDPR, technical standards, and practical compliance. Challenges in AI regulatory consulting, focusing on medical devices and machine learning models. Impact of AI Act on medical device regulations, financial challenges for businesses, and balancing regulation with innovation.
EU AI Act classifies AI systems into high-risk categories, supporting both innovation and regulation.
Challenges faced by businesses in interpreting harmonized standards for ML applications and continuous monitoring under the AI Act.
Deep dives
The EU AI Act and its Impact on Businesses and Consumers
The EU AI Act introduces a classification of AI systems into different classes with a focus on high-risk AI systems. It requires compliance with specific regulations for medical devices falling under the Act, integrating it into existing conformity assessment procedures. The Act brings tangible expectations for machine learning and AI, providing a framework for compliance that supports both innovation and regulation.
Challenges for Businesses in AI Compliance and Regulation
Businesses, especially in health tech, face challenges in interpreting harmonized standards for machine learning applications in regulated products. The non-deterministic nature of ML models requires statistical methods and robust data validation, creating hurdles in compliance processes. The evolving regulatory landscape and the need for continuous monitoring pose additional challenges for businesses.
Implications of the AI Act for Different Industries and Startups
The AI Act offers a structured approach to compliance, prioritizing startups in AI builder sandboxes for innovation. It introduces penalties for non-compliance but aims to support smaller businesses by easing regulatory burdens. The Act's applicability to various industries, including medical devices and general-purpose AI models, sets the stage for advancing AI regulation while fostering innovation.
As the European Union AI Act rolls out, there are so many questions about what it will mean to businesses trying to navigate the incredibly volatile and complex field of AI regulation. Here to answer those questions is Antonina Burlachenko, Head of Quality and Regulatory Consulting at Star Global Consulting, calling from Poland. She explains what the Act really means for businesses and consumers, comparing it with GDPR, and providing some technical information around standards and regulations and other aspects of what it’s like for businesses to engage with the Act at a practical level.
All this plus our usual look at today's AI headlines.