Busy week working on agriculture, meeting with the Agriculture Commissioner and the IFA Council.
Michael McNamara MEP
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Michael McNamara MEP
@McNamaraMEP
Independent MEP for Ireland’s South constituency. Formerly TD for Clare.
- Today I met with representatives from Anthropic to discuss developments in AI and cyber security including Mythos and its recent export restriction.
- Unregulated online betting was a key concern I discussed with Horse Racing Ireland, along with proposed regulation of thoroughbred transport.
- An opportune time to talk to @SenMikeMoore in Boston on legislative developments at State and Federal level, especially given the recent proposal for a State Law Preemption to preempt certain state-level regulations on AI developers currently being proposed.
- Honoured to be invited to the Digital Policy Leadership Summit by @the_iapp and the @BKCHarvard Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.
- Recent experience suggests that return hub provisions recently adopted by the European Parliament will increase secondary movement of migrants rather than reduce it, as claimed by proponents.
00:00 - I cannot support a law that could send children to return hubs. Today I reluctantly voted against the EU’s Return Regulation.
00:00 - Michael McNamara MEP reposted
LISTEN BACK Ireland Leads The Way On AI Nudify App Ban As Michael McNamara's Measure Supported By European Parliament @pjcoogan hears the ban piloted by @RenewEurope @McNamaraMEP will happen in Dec plus some other measures like watermarking of AI audio - Michael McNamara MEP reposted
Social media firms will face fines of up to €35 million by the end of this year if they continue to allow their AI tools to be used to create non-consensual sexual images of men, women and children online - Disastrous-decision making by successive governments in many states has left Europe woefully unprepared for the current technological expansion. Rash deregulation is not the solution.
00:00 - The AI Omnibus has officially been accepted by the European Parliament. As Rapporteur, I pledged to introduce a ban on AI “nudifier” tools, and today, I am pleased to announce that that promise has been delivered.
- Michael McNamara MEP reposted
Europe has what it takes to lead in Artificial Intelligence. That is why @Europarl_EN has voted to simplify and streamline the EU AI Act. Today’s decision will help unlock the potential of our economies - the researchers, the industry, and the SMEs that are making use of this
