AI – EIAS

Shaping the Future of Healthcare: an EU-Singapore AI Health Innovation Corridor

Amid a global healthcare crisis marked by a depleting workforce coupled with ageing population concerns, the fast-paced development of artificial intelligence is often presented as a transformative solution to these issues. Yet, the adoption of the AI Act by the European Union in May 2024 has significant implications for the innovation of AI medical tools. If the European Union wants to play a role in the development of the latest health technologies while maintaining its ethical standards, it should seek collaboration with like-minded partners in Asia, such as Singapore, a country that has established itself as a health innovation pioneer while upholding rigorous regulatory standards.

From Connectivity to Compliance: How AI governance can shape EU–ASEAN trade negotiations

As ASEAN advances its digital agenda and AI adoption accelerates across Southeast Asia, regulatory choices are starting to shape trade, investment, and strategic partnerships in the Indo-Pacific. In this environment, the EU can seize the opportunity and promote fruitful partnerships amid ASEAN’s competitive market while positioning its regulatory framework as a driver for cooperation.

Forging the Future: The EU-South Korea Digital Partnership in the AI Era

The EU and the Republic of Korea signed a digital partnership in November 2022. Despite differing regulatory approaches to the evolving global AI market, a renewed AI partnership is emerging that aims to boost international market access, foster innovation, and establish a unified regulatory framework, benefiting both regions as well as global AI governance.

The EU-Korea Digital Partnership: Advancing cooperation in the cyber world

In November 2022, the European Union (EU) and the Republic of Korea (ROK/ Korea) set in motion their Digital Partnership. The initiative was largely anticipated by both partners and finally came to fruition after years of negotiation. The partnership sets a commonly accepted framework which aims “to collectively respond to the implications of emerging technologies on people, industry and society, and to develop and advance technologies, policies, and research cooperation”. How will the EU-Korea Digital Partnership be implemented and how will it address the ambitions it has put forward?