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‘Unicorn’ Startup Owkin On EU’s AI Act, Funding Needs: ‘Europe Doesn’t Want To Be Under-Competitive’

 
• By Natasha Barrow

The EU Artificial Intelligence Act, the first official AI regulation globally, entered into force on 1 August 2024. Two months on, Medtech Insight sits down with AI diagnostic startup Owkin’s chief diagnostic officer Meriem Sefta, and senior vice president of public affairs and impact Yedidia Levy-Zauberman, to discuss how the company is adapting to the EU AI Act, the opportunity it presents, and what is needed next for AI deployment in the EU.

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“Unicorn” start-up Owkin, Inc., “the first end-to-end AI biotech,” is still processing the final text of the European Union’s AI Act, which entered into force on 1 August 2024.

“From a high-level overview of the EU AI Act … we need to make sure that when we build the...

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