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Balancing risk and social good: proactive law as a strategy in AI governance

TalTech Journal of European Studies
Volume 15 (2025): Issue 1 (March 2025)
By: Renátó Vági  
Open Access
|Apr 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjes-2025-0005 | Journal eISSN: 2674-4619 | Journal ISSN: 2674-4600
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Language: English
Page range: 58 - 82
Published on: Apr 2, 2025
Published by: Tallinn University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
AI governance,
AI regulation,
European Union AI Act,
proactive law
Related subjects:
Computer sciences,
Computer sciences, other,
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Political economics, other,
Law,
Law, other,
Social sciences,
Social sciences, other

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