The EU’s new AI envoy is a tech CEO with extraordinary conflicts of interest

The EU Commission's decision to appoint the chair of Siemens, Jim Hagemann Snabe, as AI envoy is rife with extraordinary conflicts of interest. Brussels is currently engaged in an unprecedented rollback of digital, social, and environmental rules, which often closely mirror industry lobbying demands. Now it seems that corporate interests don't just have a seat at the table — they have an office in the Berlaymont.

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The EU’s new AI envoy is a tech CEO with extraordinary conflicts of interest

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