EU lawmakers demand transparency on Siemens chair's appointment as Commission AI envoy over conflict-of-interest concerns
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Pieter Haeck
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Forty European Parliament lawmakers, primarily from the Greens, Socialists & Democrats, Renew, and The Left groups, are pressing the European Commission for transparency regarding the appointment of Siemens supervisory board chair Jim Hagemann Snabe as the Commission's special AI envoy. The lawmakers cite conflict-of-interest concerns and are demanding details on the mandate, selection process, and conflict-of-interest assessment behind the appointment.
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· 3 pulledForty lawmakers, mainly from the Greens, Socialists & Democrats, Renew and The Left, asked for the 'mandate, selection and conflict-of-interest assessment' behind the appointment
Steering Europe's industrial AI policy is entrusted
Forty lawmakers asked to see the 'mandate, selection and conflict-of-interest assessment' behind Hagemann Snabe's designation.
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