EU AI Act architect and lead author Gabriele Mazzini shares his experience drafting the law. He also talks about his concerns with implementation and its potential impact on European competitiveness, and how that led him to quit his job, in the latest installment of our oral history project.

This episode was recorded at TEDAI in Vienna and originally ran in 2024.

We Meet:

MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate & MIT Connection Science Fellow Gabriele Mazzini

Credits:

This episode of SHIFT was produced by Jennifer Strong and Emma Cillekens, and it was mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from him and Jacob Gorski. Art by Meg Marco.

Architect of the EU AI Act Expresses Concerns