Esben Østergaard: EU AI Act will stifle robotics innovation


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Welcome to Episode 63  of The Robotic Report Podcast, which brings conversations with robotics innovators straight to you. Be part of us every week for discussions with main roboticists, revolutionary robotics corporations, and different key members of the robotics group.

In immediately’s episode, Steve and Mike interview robotics innovator Esben Østergaard, CEO of Reinvest Robotics and cofounder of Common Robots. We focus on the potential affect of the pending EU AI Act and Equipment Directive. These directives are prone to affect the expansion of AI startup within the EU and burden them with guidelines that can hamper innovation. Esben provides his ideas about innovation and the way profitable robotics startups want a aggressive enjoying area to achieve success. Might this be the demise of robotic and AI innovation within the EU? Pay attention in to study extra.

Right here’s a hyperlink to Esben’s current weblog in regards to the affect of the EU AI Act and Equipment Directive.

“The strategy of the present equipment directive is adequate. The issue is with governance. We advocate specializing in making certain that merchandise available on the market truly adjust to the present EU regulation, not creating new laws,” mentioned Østergaard.

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