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Aida Ponce Del Castillo is a senior researcher at the European Trade Union Institute.

The Digital Omnibus: Eroding Worker Protection and Rights

Aida Ponce Del Castillo

The European Commission's "simplification" package is, in fact, a deregulatory intervention that weakens workers' data rights.

AI Note-Takers at Work: The Silent Threat to Privacy and Compliance

Aida Ponce Del Castillo

AI transcription tools promise efficiency but bring legal exposure, surveillance risks, and threats to fundamental rights.

The Digital Omnibus: Deregulation Dressed as Innovation

Aida Ponce Del Castillo

The EU's sweeping data and AI package loosens safeguards for workers while promising competitiveness gains that will flow mainly to US tech giants.

Ctrl+Alt+Delete as Policy: Why Deregulation Won’t Save EU Innovation

Aida Ponce Del Castillo

The European Commission's push to slash regulations in pursuit of competitiveness risks undermining the very foundations of technological progress.

China’s DeepSeek Is Changing the AI Race—What is Europe’s Edge?

Aida Ponce Del Castillo

DeepSeek’s AI breakthrough challenges US dominance and disrupts global competition.

The AI Act: deregulation in disguise

Aida Ponce Del Castillo

The loopholes in the AI Act emerging from trilogue negotiations late on Friday could allow big corporations to slip through.

Artificial intelligence: filling the gaps

Aida Ponce Del Castillo

Stronger legislation than the European Commission envisages is needed to regulate AI and protect workers.

MEPs need to listen to more voices on artificial intelligence

Aida Ponce Del Castillo

The European Parliament’s committee exploring AI needs to give the floor to civil society. Big Tech has had enough influence.

Healthcare Professions And Jobs Going Digital

Aida Ponce Del Castillo

With the advent of new technologies, the healthcare sector is confronted with an unprecedented wave of change. What will the sector look like in a

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