Dr. Petar Tsankov is a researcher and entrepreneur in the field of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence (AI). EU AI Act - Navigating New Legislation

// MLOps Podcast #271 with Petar Tsankov, Co-Founder and CEO of LatticeFlow AI.

Big thanks to LatticeFlow for sponsoring this episode!

// Abstract

Dive into AI risk and compliance. Petar Tsankov, a leader in AI safety, talks about turning complex regulations into clear technical requirements and the importance of benchmarks in AI compliance, especially with the EU AI Act. We explore his work with big AI players and the EU on safer, compliant models, covering topics from multimodal AI to managing AI risks. He also shares insights on "Comply," an open-source tool for checking AI models against EU standards, making compliance simpler for AI developers. A must-listen for those tackling AI regulation and safety.

// Bio

Co-founder & CEO at LatticeFlow AI, building the world's first product enabling organizations to build performant, safe, and trustworthy AI systems. Before starting LatticeFlow AI, Petar was a senior researcher at ETH Zurich working on the security and reliability of modern systems, including deep learning models, smart contracts, and programmable networks.

Petar has co-created multiple publicly available security and reliability systems that are regularly used:

= ERAN, the world's first scalable verifier for deep neural networks: https://github.com/eth-sri/eran

= VerX, the world's first fully automated verifier for smart contracts: https://verx.ch

= Securify, the first scalable security scanner for Ethereum smart contracts: https://securify.ch

= DeGuard, de-obfuscates Android binaries: http://apk-deguard.com

= SyNET, the first scalable network-wide configuration synthesis tool: https://synet.ethz.ch

Petar also co-founded ChainSecurity, an ETH spin-off that, within 2 years, became a leader in formal smart contract audits and was acquired by PwC Switzerland in 2020.

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Timestamps:

[00:00] Petar's preferred coffee

[00:13] Takeaways

[01:12] AI Governance and EU Compliance

[04:16] AI Governance and Model Management

[09:48] AI Governance and Risk Management

[11:38] COMPL-AI

[15:02] EU AI Act Compliance Challenges

[17:16] EU AI Act Actionability

[22:26] Compliance and toxicity issues

[25:48] Model benchmarking and metrics

[28:13] Copyright and model evaluation

[32:28] SOC AI certification

[33:07] EU AI Act Gaps

[37:05] Integrity, safety, and compliance

[41:13] Benchmarking and Overfitting Concerns

[43:15] Tiered compliance approaches

[46:03] Bridging Law and Tech

[48:00] Multimodal AI Feature

[51:45] AI Risk and Mitigation

[55:37] Future Directions for Multimodal Models

[57:33] Wrap up