WB3C Conference
The inaugural regional conference hosted by The Western Balkans Cyber Capacity Center (WB3C) was organized on June 11th and 12th, 2024, in Montenegro. Attended by a diverse array of public officials, experts, practitioners, diplomatic representatives, and academics from across the Western Balkans, the conference marked a significant milestone in cybersecurity collaboration.
The WB3C is a regional training center established in Podgorica, Montenegro, jointly established by the governments of France, Slovenia, and Montenegro, with a European and strategic ambition. Its mission focuses on supporting the EU aspirations of Western Balkans countries by strenghtening cybersecurity and combating cybercrime through cooperation and training activities. Its main objectives are the cultivation of a cyber-conscious culture, enhancing operational capabilities, and promoting regional and international relations.
The conference served as a platform for inclusive dialogue among stakeholders, addressing key issues in building the region’s cyber resilience against escalating digital threats. Discussions centered on developing robust cyber culture, enhancing operational capacities, and fostering cooperation both regionally and internationally.
Distinguished panelists, including Dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič, delved into the four critical areas of security including the protection of critical infrastructure, fight against evolving cyber crime, impact of artificial intelligence on cybersecurity and cyber diplomacy and the importance of international cooperation. Maja presented the field of data governance for AI and especially the GPAI Data Justice Project, which was created during her co-chairing of the working group for data governance. More about this project at the link.
ODIPI is organizing ERA KR21 Conference: Barriers and Incentives for Open Science in the Copyright Law that will take place on 2 December, 2024 at Hotel Four Points by Sheraton (Mons) in Ljubljana and also online.
The District Court of Hamburg ruled in the case of Kneschke v. LAION e.V. that LAION did not infringe the copyright of photographer Kneschke, as the use of his photograph was covered by the exception for text and data mining (TDM) for scientific purposes.
“Can copyright bring artificial intelligence to its knees? Which other circumstances may cause that the “making” of generative AI can dramatically change in the (near) future. This short paper presents potential challenges that copyright poses to the training of the machines on large amount of data. Different jurisdictions address these issues differently. In the USA the legality of these activities is tested in several court cases. Do gentlemen’s agreements and pragmatic symbiosis known from the “search engines business model” provide sufficient basis and/or incentive for the business model of “making” generative AI business model as well?