Going Digital is your playlist of podcasts and short videos on the topical legal issues related to the digital transformation. In these series, we will look into the legal implications of emerging technologies and technological advancements, including artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, blockchain, cloud computing, robotic process automation and more.

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According to Dentons’ global AI survey, 60 percent of companies reported that they already use, or are piloting AI in their business. In this video, Brando Benifei, member of the European Parliament and co-Rapporteur on the AI regulation, speaks about the future of the European AI regulation, including the current legislative process and the role of a co-rapporteur on the AI Act; what should and should not be changed in the current draft AI Act; the biggest challenges when dealing with regulating AI; what can be done to help companies in the EU in terms of adoption of AI; views on the definition of AI system in Article 3; how to avoid the conformity assessment becoming a mechanical check list.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the most transformative technologies that we have ever experienced. Yet, the deployment of AI continues to raise legal and ethical questions that institutions are struggling to solve, with a continuous effort to regulate without over-regulating. In April 2021, the EU Commission published a proposal for the world’s first ever legal framework on AI. Listen to a podcast in which Chiara Bocchi, Nadine Neumeier and Julia Wiencke give us an insight on the most important aspects of the proposal for anyone developing, selling or using AI in their products or services in the EU.

The implementation of the e-commerce VAT package aims, among other things, to create “a Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe”, with less complexity, less distortion of competition and less loss of tax revenue. A broad range of companies will be touched by this, especially those with a business model focused on the B2C cross-border sale of goods – whether shipped within the EU or from non-EU to EU. In this podcast, partner Sandra Hazan and senior associate Wing Tang discuss the new VAT e-commerce rules that came into force in July 2021.

One of the effects of the pandemic has been an acceleration of the pace of digitalization meaning that leaders across many industries are faced with the need to go digital while maintaining business continuity, even if this is something that was not a priority before the pandemic. Listen to a podcast in which Dentons partners Igor Ostrowski and Marc Elshof give us an insight on what companies should be most mindful of when meeting the challenges of digitalization.

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