December 2025 - nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

[Responsible AI] Systemic Risks from General-Purpose AI, Risto Uuk, Future of Life Institute

by Daniele Quercia

Systemic Risks from General-Purpose AI Risto Uuk, Future of Life Institute<https://futureoflife.org/> Join the meeting<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OGIxYWZjY2QtYTFlYi00…> Format: 35 min talk + 25 min Q&A This talk will first give an overview of systemic risks from general-purpose AI under the EU AI Act, then present early findings from research on a taxonomy of systemic risks, and finish with ideas on how to mitigate such risks. Using a systematic review of 1,781 scholarly works, we selected 86 papers that yielded 13 risk categories and 50 contributing sources. Systemic risks – defined by the EU AI Act as large‑scale threats to societies or economies –span environmental damage, structural discrimination, governance failures, and loss of control. Prominent drivers include knowledge gaps, difficulty recognizing harm, and the unpredictable evolution of AI systems. To assess mitigation measures, we surveyed 76 experts from AI safety, critical infrastructure, democratic governance, CBRN, and bias disciplines. From 27 literature‑derived mitigation measures, three emerged as both highly effective (expert agreement > 60 %) and technically feasible: (1) safety incident reporting and security information sharing, (2) third‑party pre‑deployment model audits, and (3) pre‑deployment risk assessments. Experts emphasized external scrutiny, proactive evaluation, and transparency as core principles. Risto Uuk is the Head of EU Policy and Research at the Future of Life Institute<https://futureoflife.org/> in Brussels. He contributed to the collaborative, evidence‑driven process that led to the inclusion of general‑purpose AI and systemic‑risk provisions in the EU AI Act  – the world’s first comprehensive AI‑governance framework, designed to foster responsible innovation in Europe. He’s currently co-authoring a book, The AI Safety Endgame, with Professor Lode Lauwaert (Wiley, forthcoming) – a strategic guide to long-term AI safety. As a PhD Researcher at KU Leuven, Risto focuses on systemic risk assessment and mitigation for general-purpose AI systems. He recently served as a Visiting Researcher at Stanford’s Digital Economy Lab, examining the economic and societal implications of advanced AI. He founded and leads the biweekly EU AI Act Newsletter<https://artificialintelligenceact.substack.com/> with nearly 50,000 subscribers, and created a website<https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/> that ranks among the top search results for the AI Act globally. Previously, Risto worked for the World Economic Forum on a project about positive AI economic futures<https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Positive_AI_Economic_Futures_2021.pdf> together with Stuart Russell, Daniel Susskind and others, and did research for the European Commission on trustworthy AI<https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/ethics-guidelines-trustw…>. He holds a master’s degree in Philosophy and Public Policy from the London School of Economics and a bachelor’s degree from Tallinn University. Risto was selected as a Fellow of the International Strategy Forum, an initiative by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt (in partnership with European Council on Foreign Relations), and received the Global Priorities Fellowship from the Forethought Foundation for Global Priorities Research. Subscribe to future talk announcements: Anyone outside Bell Labs can receive talk announcements by subscribing to the mailing list. To subscribe, send an empty email with the subject line "Subscribe RAI” to daniele.quercia(a)polito.it

Dec. 3, 2025

Digital Omnibus: First Analysis of Select GDPR and ePrivacy Proposals by the Commission

by Daniela Tafani

Noyb 01 December 2025 Background. Following a leak earlier this month, the EU Commission has officially published its Digital Omnibus proposal on 19 November. While some heavily criticised changes were removed in an effort to ease the opposition, others were snuck in. This means that, contrary to the Commission's official communications, the Omnibus proposal would undermine several core provisions of the privacy law – and jeopardise people’s fundamental right to data protection. Detailed legal analysis. We have worked tirelessly on the matter over the past weeks, trying to conduct a deep analysis of all relevant changes. This is still early days, but certain problems, inconsistencies, or at least clear departure from the current logic of the GDPR or CJEU case law are evident. We compiled our findings concerning the GDPR and the ePrivacy directive in a detailed report, which you can download here. <https://noyb.eu/sites/default/files/2025-12/noyb%20Digital%20Omnibus%20Repo…> <https://noyb.eu/en/digital-omnibus-first-analysis-select-gdpr-and-eprivacy-…>

Dec. 2, 2025

189° Mercoledì di Nexa | 10 dicembre 2025, ore 17.00

by Nexa - Media

Gentilissime, gentilissimi, Vi invitiamo a partecipare al 189° Mercoledì di Nexa, che si terrà mercoledì 10 dicembre, alle ore 17.00, con un incontro dal titolo “Tech Workers e sindacato: un’analisi ecosistemica". Ospite dell'incontro: Simone Robutti (Tech Workers Coalition, Reversing.works). L'incontro si terrà IN PRESENZA e ONLINE. SEDE FISICA: Centro Nexa su Internet e Società, Politecnico di Torino, Via Boggio 65/a, Torino (1° piano). Per accedere alla sala si raccomanda di suonare al citofono Portineria e di seguire le indicazioni segnalate lungo il percorso. QUI<https://nexa.polito.it/contatti> maggiori informazioni su come raggiungerci. STANZA VIRTUALE dell'incontro: https://didattica.polito.it/VClass/NexaEvent Di seguito maggiori dettagli: https://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-189/ Al termine del Mercoledì di Nexa si terrà il consueto brindisi di fine anno, per salutarci e augurarci buone feste. Cordiali saluti, -- Valeria Bergantino Communication Manager Nexa Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino – DAUIN Via Pier Carlo Boggio, 65/a – 10138 Torino web: https://nexa.polito.it mail: valeria.bergantino(a)polito.it<mailto:valeria.bergantino@polito.it> tel: 3473443585

Dec. 1, 2025