EU AI is about Product Safety with Caro Robson and Punit Bhatia in The FIT4Privacy Podcast E119 S5

The FIT4PRIVACY Podcast - For those who care about trust

Is the EU AI Act about on product safety or fundamental rights? Join us in this enlightening episode of The FIT4Privacy Podcast wherein the host Punit Bhatia sits down with Caro Robson, a leading expert in AI regulations. Together, they explore the aspect of the AI Act being a safety-oriented framework than a just a rights protection safeguard. Caro also dives into the vital roles of international standards from bodies like OECD, UNESCO, ISO, and NIST, and discusses conformity assessment, compliance procedures, and the concept of regulatory sandboxes.

Uncover how these developments align with GDPR and what they mean for the future of AI systems, especially in high-risk applications. This conversation is a must for anyone keen on understanding the intricate balance between regulation and innovation in the AI landscape.

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KEY CONVERSATION POINT

• Introduction
• How Caro Robson got into the privacy space
• Understanding the need for EU AI Act
• Why did the EU push for the EU AI Act
• Will there be similarities in regulation?
• How EU AI Act can help protect already set product standards
• Will EU AI Act apply to products which aren't in the market yet?
• Can companies categorize systems from high risk to low risk?
• Final message

ABOUT THE GUEST

Caro is a renowned expert and leader in digital regulation. She is a passionate advocate for ethical AI and data governance, with over 15 years’ global experience across regions and sectors, designing and embedding practical solutions to these challenges.

Caro has worked with governments, international organisations and multinational businesses on data and technology regulation, including as strategy executive for a regulator and leader of a growing practice area for a prominent public policy consultancy in Brussels.

Caro was recently appointed UK Ambassador for the Global AI Association and is an expert observer to the UNECE Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies (WP.6), Group of Experts on Risk in Regulatory Systems.

Caro holds an Executive MBA with distinction from Oxford, an LLM with distinction in Computer & Communications Law from Queen Mary, University of London, and is a Fellow of Information Privacy with the International Association of Privacy Professionals. She has contributed to legal textbooks, publications, and research on privacy and data governance, including for the EU, ITU and IEEE.

ABOUT THE HOST

Punit Bhatia is one of the leading privacy experts who works independently and has worked with professionals in over 30 countries. Punit works with business and privacy leaders to create an organization culture with high privacy awareness and compliance as a business priority. Selectively, Punit is open to mentor and coach privacy professionals.

Punit is the author of books “Be Ready for GDPR” which was rated as the best GDPR Book, “AI & Privacy – How to Find Balance”, “Intro To GDPR”, and “Be an Effective DPO”. Punit is a global speaker who has spoken at over 30 global events. Punit is the creator and host of the FIT4PRIVACY Podcast. This podcast has been featured amongst top GDPR and privacy podcasts.

As a person, Punit is an avid thinker and believes in thinking, believing, and acting in line with one’s value to have joy in life. He has developed the philosophy named ‘ABC for joy of life’ which passionately shares. Punit is based out of Belgium, the heart of Europe.

RESOURCES

Websites www.fit4privacy.com, www.punitbhatia.com
Podcast https://www.fit4privacy.com/podcast
Blog https://www.fit4privacy.com/blog
YouTube http://youtube.com/fit4privacy