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Who Watches AI in Åland?

The islands have published a law assigning responsibility for AI oversight. Finland’s Supreme Court says some jurisdictional questions may only be settled in practice.

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Odd Inge Teige
Nov 11

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Åland’s regional government announced on November 10 that it had published the islands’ artificial intelligence oversight law. The legislation sets out who will enforce the European Union’s AI Act in areas where the islands can make their own laws. Åland is a Swedish-speaking, self-governing region of Finland in the Balti…

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