From Huaweigate to the AI Act: how to bake bias in

EU Watchdog Radio by Corporate Europe Observatory and Counter Balance

Mar 21, 202500:25:59News & Politics

Last week, Brussels went reeling under another corruption scandal! This time it's Chinese big tech giant Huawei whose offices just behind the European Parliament have been raided - along with those of 15 former and curre...

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