About
Selim Akal is a Legal Researcher at Holistic AI. His research focuses on legal and policy developments on AI regulation with a particular interest in the EU AI Act. Before joining Holistic AI, Selim was a legal practitioner as an attorney at law, serving institutional clients in IT-related matters and disputes. He holds an LL.B. from Bilkent University and an LL.M. from Ankara University, where he currently pursues a PhD in private law.
Selim Akal's articles (12)
This piece explores data governance regime of the EU AI Act and compares it to the GDPR.
On 5 September 2024, the Council of Europe’s (CoE) Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law, the first binding international legal instrument addressing AI Governance, opened for signature at the Conference of Ministers of Justice in Vilnius, Lithuania.
The EU AI Act introduces regulatory sandboxes as controlled environments that allow the developers of AI systems to innovatively experiment with their AI systems before making them available on the EU market
The Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law FCAI is set to be the first international convention in the regulation of AI technologies
The EU AI Act takes a risk-based approach to AI regulation, where AI systems that are considered high-risk must undergo conformity assessments to demonstrate compliants with the associated requirements.