Legal4Tech - The podcast

In this episode of Legal4Tech - The Podcast, we sit down with Laura Caroli, one of the key negotiatiors of the EU AI Act in the European Parliament. Laura takes us inside the room where the AI Act was actually drafted and shaped.

We explore topics such as:

• The real dynamics between Parliament, Council and the Commission during trilogues
• The role of co-rapporteurs, advisors and assistants in steering such a massive file
• What most people get wrong about how the AI Act was negotiatied
• An overlook of the Digital Omnibus proposal

Listen now and get an insider's view of the AI Act and the future of AI governance in Europe.

Shownotes:

1. Laura Caroli Substack

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In this episode of Legal4Tech - The Podcast, we sit down with Daniel Mügge to unpack the hidden politics behind artificial intelligence and Europe's role in a multipolar digital world.

We explore topics such as:

• The Political Economy of AI: power, profits and geopolitical competition
• US-China AI dominance and what it means for European sovereignty
• Why generative AI hype masks real implementation challenges
• The difference between useful AI applications and empty corporate narratives
• Europe's path to digital autonomy without copying American or Chinese strategies
• The role of AI in manufacturing vs data centers and social media
• How to balance technological progress with societal wellbeing

Join us for a deep dive into how political choices shape AI develoment and whether Europe should embrace its own vision of technology rather than chase an endless digital race.

Shownotes:

1. The AI Matrix: Profits, Power, Politics

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In this episode of Legal4Tech - The Podcast we sit down with Michael Kolain, digital rights expert and former Policy Advisor at the German Parliament, to discuss the critical gap between enacting digital regulations and actually enforcing them.

We explore topics such as:

• The role of enforcement in the DSA and AI Act and why it's lagging
• The Grok scandal
• Big tech's sophisticated lobbying and its impact on EU regulation
• The US-EU relationship and its chilling effect on digital rights enforcement
• The digital urgent priorities

A timely conversation on why regulation alone isn't enough, enforcement is everything. Listen now to understand the future of digital rights in Europe.

Shownotes:

1. Zentrum für Digitalrechte und Demokratie

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In this episode of Legal4Tech - The Podcast, we sit down with Guido Noto La Diega, a leading expert in technology law, to explore the pressing legal challenges of the Internet of Things and smart devices.

We dive deep into:

• Liability in complex human-machine ecosystems
• Data-driven personalization, manipulation & discrimination
• The rise of "Things as Service" and subscription models
• How consumer law can keep pace with rapidly advancing technology
• Steering emerging technologies toward a more just future

Join us for an insightful conversation on safeguarding consumer rights in the age of smart homes, wearables and connected cars.

Shownotes:

1. Smart Technologies and the Ends of Law by Mireille Hildebrandt
2. CREATE Research Center
3. Copyright Evidence Wiki - Open Platform collecting empirical studies on copyright
4. World Intermediary Liability Map
5. GDPR Hub - Comprehensive GDPR case law and data protection resources
6. Techno Lama - blog by Andreas Quitz
7. Tech workers coalition
8. Alliance for Universal Digital Rights (AUDRi)
9. Digital Mushrooms

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In this special New Year episode of Legal4Tech - The Podcast, we sit down with Mateusz Kupiec, data privacy Lawyer at Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners and researcher at the Institute of Law Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, to draft the 2026 New Year's resolutions of the GDPR.

If you want to know what these Resolutions are, tune in for a forward-looking discussion on making GDPR work in practice.

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In this episode of Legal4Tech - The Podcast, we talk with Elyas Meguellati, a PhD research in NLP and generative AI, about how LLM are transforming targeted advertising and persuasion.

Together we unpack:

• His latest studies on AI-generated ads, personality-based targeting and why today's models can already match human and designers
• Ethical risks from Cambridge Analytica to Meta's generative ad models
• Whether users can still "see through" hyper-personalized content in their feeds

Tune in to learn how regulation, transparency labels and even browser tools might help keep persuasive AI in check while you scroll and shop online.

Shownotes:

1. Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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In this episode of Legal4Tech - The Podcast we talk with former Volt MEP Sophie in 't Veld about how Europea can defend democracy and civil liberties in our digital world.

We dive into:

• The roots of European data protection tradition beyond the GDPR
• The myth that regulation kills innovation and why fragmented national rules are holding back homegrown tech champions
• The risks of weakening concepts like "personal data"
• The political push to dilute the GDPR, DSA, DMA and AI Act and how US and Chinese tech giants exploit Europe's internal barriers
• A call for more activist European public to protect rule of law, digital rights and "European sovereignty" in the age of Trump, Musk and Palantir

Listen now to know what is really at stake in Europe's digital future and why the next generation can't afford to stay on the sidelines.

Shownotes:

1. The Owned Continent, Dave Keating

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In this episode of Legal4Tech - The Podcast, we chat with Federico Sartore and Matteo Prandi to unpack their groundbreaking research on AI safety.

We explore:

• How poetry can be used as a universal jailbreak for large language models
• Why adversarial language bypasses current safety filters
• The limits of today's AI alignment and content moderation
• What it means for regulation, ethics and the future of AI security

Join us for a deep dive into the hidden vulnerabilities of generative AI and the surprising power of humanistic approaches to tech.

Shownotes:

1. Adversarial poetry as a Universal Single-Turn Jailbreak Mechanism in Large Language Models

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In this episode of Legal4Tech - The Podcast, we discuss with Giacomo Conti and Ilaria Gargiulo to unpack how the AI Act will actually be enforced across Europe and what it means in practice for businesses and legal teams.

We explore topics such as:

• Who really holds supervisory power
• How companies can operationalise compliance beyond theory
• Why governance, documentation and risk management will become non-negotiable pillars of trustworthy AI

Tune in to learn how to future-proof your organisation, avoid enforcement pitfall and stay ahead in the rapidly evolving world of AI and EU Tech Regulation.

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In this episode of Legal4Tech - The Podcast, we chat with PhD researcher Rocco Saverino about who really enforces the EU AI Act and why it matters for businesses, regulators and fundamental rights.

We unpack:

• The hybrid nature of the AI Act as both product safety and rights-based regulation
• The maze of national choices on competent authorities

• The emerging overlaps between market surveillance authorities, data protection authorities and competition enforcers across Europe

Tune in to understand how this evolving enforcement puzzlewill affect AI providers, regulators and fundamental rights across the EU.

Shownotes:

1. What's the Difference Between DPAs and MSAs?, Rocco Saverino

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