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Paul Forrest of Ecaveo discusses a primer on the new EU Ai Act

EU AI Act Primer

Update, 29 July 2026 Nothing in this article constitutes legal advice, and the material is presented to support discussion and further review by qualified advisers. This primer was written in October 2024, a few months after the Act entered into force. The risk-based structure it describes still ...
High Risk Ai Systems and the GDPR... EU AI regulations

Strengthening AI Data Privacy

Update, 16 October 2026. This article was written in October 2024 and its timeline for the EU AI Act has moved. The prohibitions applied from 2 February 2025 and the obligations for general-purpose AI models from 2 August 2025. The Digital Omnibus on AI, Regulation ...
Ethical AI Training considerations with Ecaveo

Ethical AI Training

Update, 16 October 2026. This article was written in February 2024, when the EU AI Act was still being finalised. The Act entered into force on 1 August 2024 and is applying in stages. Its prohibitions and AI literacy duty have applied since 2 February ...
Whats the difference between Artificial General Intelligence and Generative AI

Differences: Gen AI vs AGI

Update, 16 October 2026. This article was written in February 2024 and uses GPT-4 and DALL·E as its examples of generative AI. Several newer generations of models have been released since. The definitions it sets out are unaffected. Unravelling the Key Differences between Gen AI & ...
Ecaveo discusses the role and value of Small Language Models (SLMs)

The Rise of Small Language Models

Update, 16 October 2026. This article was written in October 2023 and treats GPT-4 as the leading large model. Several newer generations of large and small models have been released since, but the trade-offs it describes between the two still apply. A Shift Towards Efficiency and ...
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