Open lecture: Prof Martin Ebers “How To Regulate Artificial Intelligence: Some Lessons from the EU’s AI Act”

On Friday, November 8, from 12:00 to 13:30 EEST, Professor Martin Ebers will give an open lecture analyzing what lessons the AI Act can teach lawmakers about regulating AI.

Abstract: The recently adopted Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) of the European Union (EU) claims to be based on a risk-based approach to avoid over-regulation. This talk will argue that risk-based regulation is indeed the right approach to AI regulation. At the same time, however, it will show that, contrary to the claims of the European Commission and the co-legislators, important provisions of the AI Act do not follow a truly risk-based approach. Against this backdrop, the presentation will analyze what lessons the AI Act can teach lawmakers in regulating AI.

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Martin Ebers is President of the Robotics & AI Law Society (RAILS), Germany, and Professor of IT Law at the University of Tartu, Estonia. Moreover, he is a permanent fellow at the law faculty of the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany. 

He taught and presented at more than 100 international conferences, is a member of several national and international research networks and published 22 books and over 120 articles in the field of Law & Technology, esp. Artificial Intelligence, as well as in Commercial, Private, European, Comparative and International Law. 

His latest books are among others “Algorithms and Law” (Cambridge University Press, 2020), “Contracting and Contract Law in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” (Hart Publishing, 2022), Rechtshandbuch ChatGPT (Nomos Publishing, 2024) and Privacy, Data Protection and Data-driven Technologies (Routledge, 2024).

According to Beck-Aktuell 31.12.2023, Dr. Ebers is among the “top 5 legal influencers” in Germany. Since 2024, he is Editor-in-Chief of the new open access journal “Cambridge Forum on AI: Law and Governance” at Cambridge University Press.

Date: November 8, 2024

Location: Näituse 20, Room 202, University of Tartu, School of Law

Time: 12:00 – 13:30

There is the possibility to join the lecture via Zoom.

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