State Secretary Alexandra van Huffelen is "extremely happy" with a European agreement on artificial intelligence (AI). Van Huffelen said this in an initial response to the provisional agreement between the EU countries and the European Parliament on rules for AI. "However, this does not release us from the obligation to continue examining the opportunities and risks of using AI technology and to enforce the rules," Van Huffelen continued.
The Dutch government wants to ban government officials from using AI software like chatbots ChatGPT and Brand or image makers Dall-E and Midjourney for the time being. The risks in terms of privacy and copyright infringements are currently too high, State Secretary Alexandra van Huffelen (Digital Affairs) said in a draft proposal in the Volkskrant’s possession.
The Cabinet is increasing the minimum wage and social benefits on Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and Saba. This was announced by Minister Carola Schouten (Poverty Policy) and State Secretary Alexandra van Huffelen (Kingdom Relations) at a press conference on Bonaire. This was in response to the recently published report of the Thodé Committee. It had found that one in three islanders cannot make ends meet, although a large proportion of them work.
The Dutch government will change the domain names for hundreds of their websites to better protect citizens from cybercrime, a spokesperson for outgoing State Secretary Alexandra van Huffelen of Kingdom Relations and Digitization confirmed to NRC. Van Huffelen hopes to announce the new domain name before the end of the year.