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A challenge for the law and artificial intelligence

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Borrowing the format of public competitions from engineering and computer science, a new type of challenge in 2023 tested real-world AI applications with legal assessments based on the EU AI Act.

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The author thanks V. Zakrevskaya, executive director of the Grand Challenge, for her work, and K. Holtmann, M. Höpflinger and P. Vörös, Swiss Drone and Robotics Centre, for the partnership and for organizing the boot camp. Support for the Grand Challenge was provided by Armasuisse Science and Technology (Department of Defense of Switzerland; contract number 8003535283).

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